Re: bloating Lua

[HyperHacker <hyperhacker@...>]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:06, Thomas Harning Jr. <harningt@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
>

The beauty of Lua is it doesn't come with all those features. You get
modules or write them yourself.

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