Re: LUA oddities..

[Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@...>]

18.06.2012, в 15:30, Craig Barnes <craigbarnes85@gmail.com> написал(а):

> On 18 June 2012 12:24, joao lobato <btnfdp.lobato@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 6/18/12, Patrick Masotta <masottaus@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> Because they're indexes, not offsets from a base pointer.
>>> There a lot of positive things when a language makes the index=base pointer
>>> mostly when the language want to live in good terms with C/C++
>>> 
>>>> Readability for non-programmers. Anybody with a half-decent text editor
>>>> will notice no difference in terms of effort to type.
>>> I see, a programming language for non programmers... well I think is time
>>> for LUA reviewing this, mostly if the programmer comunity ever becomes the
>>> target of LUA...
>>> 
>>> Anyway, if you are a programmer you should understand that typing is not
>>> where the real effort is located... reviewing the code, understanding what
>>> you did one week, one month or one year ago, is where the real effort is
>>> really located....
>>> 
>> 
>> What a lovely little troll you are...
>> 
> 
> I think he's actually serious. I'm guessing he saw LuaJIT at the top
> of some benchmark chart and thought he'd come to offer his expert
> services.
> 

Serious or not, I think it is time to stop feeding him. These 100+ post threads of flaming garbage suck. 

Alexander.