Re: AlphaGo and Lua

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

On 1/30/2018 11:05 AM, Parke wrote:
> I watched the movie AlphaGo on Netflix yesterday.
>
> The movie includes several scenes with computer screens that are
> displaying source code.  All the source code appeared to be Lua code
> (or perhaps LuaJIT code).  Maybe Lua can now claim to be the world's
> smartest programming language?

Please no, there are plenty we can talk about Lua that's accurate 
and impressive. No need to do any snake-oil salesman kind of 
evangelizing. Make the claim and get ripped apart by informed 
professionals? Uh, nope, we're not selling a supermarket product. 
The "smarts" can be implemented in any suitable language.


> There are previous posts to this list about Lua bindings written by
> DeepMind, but I don't believe there has been any mention of AlphaGo
> itself.
>
> Hisham's htop also makes a cameo appearance in the movie.

Thumbs up to Lua [/ LuaJIT]*, the Lua Team [/ Mike Pall]* and 
Hisham! Another feather in your caps.

*subject to further information / confirmation

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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Selangor, Malaysia