Re: Init system in Lua

[Natanael Copa <natanael.copa@...>]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Leo Razoumov <slonik.az@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 04:20, Natanael Copa <natanael.copa@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> So we (Alpine Linux) are playing with the idea of having an init
>> system with lua for Linux. The idea is that instead of writing start
>> up scripts in shell you write them in lua. I think this makes much
>> sense because: ....
>
> Great idea! For one, Lua is much better programming language than shell.
>
> BTW, do you plan to use something like Lua Lanes to run some init
> tasks in parallel?

We are only playing with the idea so far. No plans yet. (and I have a
number of projects i should finish before starting something big as
this)

But yes, Lua Lanes is definitively something worth considering.

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Natanael Copa