Re: Why I leave Lua (Was: Re: [ANN] Lua 5.3.0 (work3) now available)

[Andrew Starks <andrew.starks@...>]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Coda Highland <chighland@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 1:06 AM, Rena <hyperhacker@gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't used LuaJIT precisely because it's a different language, not
> supporting some of 5.2's features that I like.

Which ones? I made this comment a few months back and was rebutted.

/s/ Adam

The only one that is a deal breaker for me is _ENV.

It's too elegant and simple to not use, and falling back to setfenv is not acceptable, given the that contrast.

Also, the FFI is really nice. I prefer the stack. There is a clearer line between the coupling and there are fewer performance caveats of which you need to be aware.

-Andrew