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On 05/05/2014 12:01 AM, Mike Nelson
wrote:
On 5/4/2014 3:20 AM, Thomas Jericke
wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: "Mike Nelson" <mikestar1313@gmail.com>
To: "Lua mailing list" <lua-l@lists.lua.org>
Date: 04-05-2014 01:22
Subject: Re: number, math, and metatable? [RANT]
On 5/3/2014 11:31 AM, Tim Hill
wrote:
local
limtied = max(min(input, 1000), 100))
->
local limtied = input :
min(1000) : max(100)
Well, I for one would consider that a Con argument,
not a Pro. I think most developers regardless of
background could read the first example easily. The
second would involve considerably more thought. So why
is the second form better?
-Tim
Tim, Tim,
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.
I don't want to turn Lua into anything, I haven't even made a
"[proposal]" yet.
I don't even know Smalltalk BTW, but I have some bad news for
you,
local limited = input :
min(1000) : max(100) is absolutely legal Lua code
(consider input to be a table with functions min and max as
fields).
--
Thomas
Thomas,
I was really angry about the trend in general in recent posts,
but I shouldn't have singled you out and attributed motivations to
you which were not apparent in your writing. I sincerely
apologize.
-- Mike
No problem Mike, I see no problem in speaking bluntly while making
an argument. What I don't like, is if you put words in my mouth I
never said.
You have to know that I don't use vanilla Lua. I can't. There are a
few things that make it necessary for me to use a
modified version of Lua. That said, I am very interested in ideas
and other patches of Lua that will _never_ make it into vanilla Lua.
If there is a good idea about a potential patch of Lua and I could
use it for my own version, I like to know it, and I would search for
this ideas right here in this list.
It has been said before lately, it is actually one of the big
strengths of Lua that you can modify it so easily.
--
Thomas
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