Re: [mildly OT] Some info about Python

[Dibyendu Majumdar <mobile@...>]

On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 at 22:14, Sean Conner <sean@conman.org> wrote:
>
> It was thus said that the Great Andrew Starks once stated:
> >
> > The benefit of a standard library, independent/separated from Lua and it’s
> > development, is clear to me. It’s an idea that has been had before, but
> > why is it so hard to make it happen?
>
>   Someone has to do the work (I'm trying, and doing it publically on this
> list, but I'm getting little feedback).  Then people have to use it, which
> is probably harder than writing it in the first place.
>

Hi,
I am sorry to say this but I think it is a futile exercise because the
greatest challenge for you will be to convince others that your
definition of a standard library is better than the libraries they
already use. Added to this there are various risks:

a) How can folks be sure the library will be maintained and supported?
b) If Lua team decide to issue a competing incompatible library then
it would negate all your efforts.

I would suggest instead to make your existing libraries work on
Windows and Mac OSX; I would be very happy to include them in Suravi.

Regards
Dibyendu