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- Subject: Re: Chunk?
- From: Jim Whitehead II <jnwhiteh@...>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:17:19 +0100
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Emeka <emekamicro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> What is "CHUNK"? And what is it's computer science generic name?
>
> Please don't get offended by the about question.
>
> Regards, \Emeka
> --
> Satajanus Nig. Ltd
A 'chunk' is the main unit of execution in Lua, and is clearly defined
in the Lua reference manual [1]. I'm sure there are comparable terms
in other languages, but I don't know that there is a suitably generic
one
[1]: http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.4.1
- Jim
