Re: mathlib

[Kevin Martin <kev82@...>]

On 5 Apr 2014, at 11:32, Michael Richter <ttmrichter@gmail.com> wrote:

In this model there would be a Lua language kernel.  It would be the Lua language (obviously) and the absolute minimum set of features necessary for implementation of that language.  Everything else (including much of the functionality on strings, lists, math, debug, etc.) would be farmed out to third-party (even if "blessed" third-party) libraries.

Although I'm not particularly fussed about whether these functions stay or not, I would definitely support their movement into lmathx as a step towards this Lua Kernel approach detailed above.

I believe (maybe wrongly?) that people who use Lua for application development, almost always have to use some libraries not distributed in stock Lua, as the included functionality is limited. If people are happy to include external libraries, then why not an external, greater capability math library?

Is the real question not

"How many people who only use Stock Lua, or can't use lmathx, require these functions?"

Thanks,

Kevin