Re: number, math, and metatable? [RANT]

[Tim Hill <drtimhill@...>]

On May 3, 2014, at 4:22 PM, Mike Nelson <mikestar1313@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Tim, Tim,
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> You just don't get it--Thomas is trying to turn Lua into Smalltalk, I've tried to turn Lua into Ruby (mostly off list, missed so many opportunities to pester the list!), other individuals have tried to turn Lua into Python, Lisp, Haskell, etc. I may have overlooked some examples.
> Maybe we should let Lua be Lua for a little while? Nah, where's the fun in that?! 
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> By the way, in case my sarcasm is unclear, I agree totally with Tim's point. 
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> -- Mike

You forgot COBOL .. i think Lua needs PIC statements.

—Tim