Re: [ANN] NumberScript -- a little language that compiles to Lua

[Andrew Starks <andrew.starks@...>]

On Jun 25, 2012, at 2:26, Michal Kolodziejczyk <miko@wp.pl> wrote:

> On 24.06.2012 20:02, Patrick Rapin wrote:
>>> NumberScript has a compact syntax.
>>
>> Well...
>>  9795508356633822141337704998199448662254090
>> seems much more verbose to me than
>>  print "Hello Lua!"
>
> Seems to me there is room for optimization: AsciiScript of UTF8Script...
> Or even Base64Script :
> $ lua -l nixio -e 's="print \"Hello Lua!\""; print(nixio.bin.b64encode(s))'
> cHJpbnQgIkhlbGxvIEx1YSEi
>
> Regards,
> miko
>

Miko, clearly this syntax is more compact, but it borders on being unreadable.

It may require more time at the key pad, but I find the expressive
power of NumberScript to be worth the extra finger-wear. "Clever"
isn't always "better" when it comes to maintain-ability.