Re: Learn Lua in 15 minutes (More or less)

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

On 26/06/2013 08:41, steve donovan wrote:
> http://tylerneylon.com/a/learn-lua/
>
> The reddit thread is good reading:
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1h0wuv/learn_lua_in_15_minutes/
>
> I suspect this is going to work like 'Learn C++ in 24 hours' ;)

I like to do such program / script in the languages I am learning.
For example in Scala:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~philho/+junk/Scala/view/head:/Base.scala
(became quite too big with corner stuff, I should separate advanced stuff)
Currently doing this with Go...

This one is well made; one of the challenges is to avoid to use a feature before it is 
introduced properly. :-)
I did that with my Lpeg chapter in the French Lua book or my regex tutorial: I was always 
annoyed when the writer of a tutorial casually used a feature, then explained it later.
I try also to use near-real life examples: matching something in aaabbbcbbba is boring... ;-)

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