Re: tkLua 5.2

[Ką Mykolas <kamicc@...>]

Yup, 5.2 as mentioned in some manual I've found on SAS webpage [1]

Talking of tkLua, can it be some kind of API for "Threaded Kernel"
infrastructure? [2]
Also "tk" seams to be common namespace for various libraries or "apps"
(not sure about correct SAS terminology), for example
App.tk.DS2PKG.JSON.

[1] https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings15/SAS1561-2015.pdf
[2] http://support.sas.com/kb/24/349.html

On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 6:50 PM Matthias Kluwe <mkluwe@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> A while ago, I wrote about two findings of "where Lua is used" (see http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2015-01/msg00630.html for discussion, unfortunately both have not made it to appear on https://sites.google.com/site/marbux/home/where-lua-is-used).
>
> In the meantime, the SAS programming language promoted Lua as an alternative to its legacy macro language (search for "sas proc lua"). I wondered which version of Lua might be used under the hood and issued a quick
>
>     proc lua;
>     submit;
>     print( _VERSION )
>     endsubmit;
>
> To my surprise, the out was
>
>     tkLua 5.2
>
> I'm not sure what this tkLua is. It may have been a Lua with Tk bindings, but it's hard to find some up to date information. In addition, "Tk" makes no sense in this context.
>
> Can anyone help me out here?
>
> Regards,
> Matthias