Re: bloating Lua

["Thomas Harning Jr." <harningt@...>]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:02 PM, HyperHacker <hyperhacker@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:52, liam mail <liam.list@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Am 14.01.11 17:34, schrieb Roberto Ierusalimschy:
>>> > Most applications can rip big benefits from small and simple
>>> > additions to Lua, but each application needs different
>>> > small and simple additions.
>>>
>>> > (I will be off until Jan 26.)
>>> >
>>> > -- Roberto
>>> >
>>>
>> Very true Roberto, it is easy to add or remove something from a library.
>> I appreciated the thought and considerations which the team gives to such
>> decisions which in turn leads to such a nice language.
>> Have a good break.
>> Liam
>>
>
> Isn't this the Microsoft Office problem or some such? You only use 5%
> of the features, but everyone uses a different 5%.
Yes indeed.  However, with Microsoft Office, the audience is a group
of people who do not know how to manipulate feature-sets in a
reasonable manner... if it were even made possible.


-- 
Thomas Harning Jr.