Re: Is Lua used as a data representation language?

[dcharno <dcharno@...>]

On 01/05/2013 05:03 AM, Marc Balmer wrote:
> There is an ongoing discussion in the NetBSD community about the "right" language for
> representation.  The idea is to replace an older system called 
"proplib".  The
> discussion rotaes a bit around JSON and Lua as possible candidates, with probably
> a majority leaning towards JSON because it is smaller (some say a factor of ~16
> compared to Lua).

Where does the factor of 16x come from?

I've been interested in Lua as a config format but haven't had luck with 
proposals at work.  I've always thought the ability to provide hooks or 
extensions from a config file would be powerful.