Re: [On-topic] Lua goes its own way [ Was: Off-topic received English rant

[Max E <max@...>]

There is value in sticking to conventions where they exist.

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 07:34:17AM +0200, Dirk Laurie wrote:
> 2016-03-14 23:00 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Goble <jcgoble3@gmail.com>:
> 
> > Well, the primary intent of the match table was to provide a more
> > familiar interface for people more used to Python re matching
> 
> Of all the motivations adduced for changing Lua, saying that
> Python/Ruby/Perl/Scheme/JSON/Julia/Go etc does it that way
> tends to be the one that impresses me least, even though I have
> been guilty of it myself (to my everlasting and well-archived shame).
>