Re: Four paradigms for programming Lua apllications

[Rob Kendrick <rjek@...>]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 09:59:09AM +0100, Gavin Wraith wrote:
> In message <CABcj=tkueH+yCnCe5MxfDr8gvdw49KMAXX3o8VVHPDfPPxDOCg@mail.g 
> mail.com>
>           Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > You're writing an application in Lua. What are you presenting to the
> > intended user?
> 
> > 1. A standalone in "pure" Lua.
> 
> > 2. A precompiled standalone.
> 
> > 3. A module.
> 
> > 4. A console application.
> 
> And with RISC OS
> 
> 5. A StrongED script. 

And Zap ;-)

StrongEd and Zap scripts like this are conceptually similar to pipes.  I
use Lua for this all the time, as a filtering language.  I'm not sure
I'd go as far as saying that it's a console application though!

B.