Re: Ruby philosophy vs Lua philosophy

[Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@...>]

On Feb 27, 2013, at 10:58 PM, Andrew Starks <andrew.starks@trms.com> wrote:

> But let's face it. On the day that Lua 5.2 was announced, there was no
> standard TCP/IP library that worked on major computing, without
> hacking the source or finding some random guy's github repository (is
> this still the case???). That sucks. Hard.

Meh. Lua is very much a BYO, DIY kind of ecosystem. A bit like an auberge espagnol, where one gets what one brings with.

I personally like it that way; character forming, as in "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" :D

On the other hand, if you would like to help, Hisham's LuaRocks is the place to go:

http://luarocks.org/