Re: Portable binary distribution of Lua 5.3.3 (32bit on Windows 10) with some batteries

["Pavel Drotar" <gmc1@...>]

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Thank you


> ** Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:07:31 +0200 - "Lua mailing list" <lua-l@lists.lua.org> **
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> 2016-07-26 10:48 GMT+02:00 steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@gmail.com>:
> > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Pavel Drotar <gmc1@azet.sk> wrote:
> >> People in this mailing list are able to talk whole days about missing "continue" command or stupid holes in tables?
> >
> > Man, it bothers me too. It isn't representative of most happy users of
> > the language, but the question is, how do people get over the
> > difficulties to become happy users?
> 
> As a non-Windows user, I am happy that the OP has hijacked his own
> thread with the remark you quote (my take on it is that those discussions
> are a form of "creative procrastination" â?? google it) but as someone
> who feels that a major strength of Lua is its near platform-independence.
> 
> There is a website of Lua modules with a less pemissive attitude than
> "the more the merrier". Someone who likes the module (need not be the
> author) nominates it, and the site keeps track of how many people
> endorse it. That site (I have no issue with it, it is a step in the right
> direction, so I'm not naming-and-flaming) just does not go far enough.
> The information "This module has been reported to/not to work with
> Lua x.y on system z" should be available, preferably as a colour-coded
> table. Nothing less than operability across Windows.Mac/Linux/Android
> should be acceptable for all-green.
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                            <div id="part_f859cabc9e244aa8a0663538643918f6"><div><div>Thank you<br/><br/><br/><blockquote>** Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:07:31 +0200 - "Lua mailing list" &lt;lua-l@lists.lua.org&gt; **<br/><br/>
<div><div><div>2016-07-26 10:48 GMT+02:00 steve donovan &lt;steve.j.donovan@gmail.com&gt;:<br/>&gt; On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Pavel Drotar &lt;gmc1@azet.sk&gt; wrote:<br/>&gt;&gt; People in this mailing list are able to talk whole days about missing "continue" command or stupid holes in tables?<br/>&gt;<br/>&gt; Man, it bothers me too. It isn't representative of most happy users of<br/>&gt; the language, but the question is, how do people get over the<br/>&gt; difficulties to become happy users?<br/><br/>As a non-Windows user, I am happy that the OP has hijacked his own<br/>thread with the remark you quote (my take on it is that those discussions<br/>are a form of "creative procrastination" â?? google it) but as someone<br/>who feels that a major strength of Lua is its near platform-independence.<br/><br/>There is a website of Lua modules with a less pemissive attitude than<br/>"the more the merrier". Someone who likes the module (need not be the<br/>author) nominates it, and the site keeps track of how many people<br/>endorse it. That site (I have no issue with it, it is a step in the right<br/>direction, so I'm not naming-and-flaming) just does not go far enough.<br/>The information "This module has been reported to/not to work with<br/>Lua x.y on system z" should be available, preferably as a colour-coded<br/>table. Nothing less than operability across Windows.Mac/Linux/Android<br/>should be acceptable for all-green.</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div>
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