Re: Conquering the world with Lua

[actryx <actryx@...>]

With Lua's affinity to C (ffi) and C++ (e.g. sol), and some coordination, it should be possible to build up a respectable ecosystem in a reasonable amount of time. Personally, I'm leveraging 'classy' for OO class based programming, so modern OO interfaces well possible.

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On Saturday, September 30th, 2023 at 13:55, actryx <actryx@protonmail.com> wrote:


> "
> Lua makes much clearer the contradiction between space and time: the use
> of functions, f(x), and lookup-tables, f[x]
> "
> 
> ... and coroutines for control over space and time.
> 
> For learning advanced software design that's all you need;the rest is distraction.
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> ------- Original Message -------
> On Saturday, September 30th, 2023 at 11:17, Gavin Wraith gavin@wra1th.plus.com wrote:
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> > On Sat, 30 Sep 2023 11:48:47 +0300
> > Родион Горковенко rodiongork@gmail.com wrote:
> > 
> > > Main point I want to address (attack!) is that Lua is not used for
> > > education, ... a big mistake definitely.
> > 
> > I agree. It has been my experience that educational administrators
> > seldom appreciate the difference between the requirements for teaching
> > and the requirements for use or research. For example, users must avoid
> > reinventing the wheel. Learners, to the contrary, must reinvent the
> > wheel. Unfortunately many administrators believe (wrongly IMHO) that
> > just because a language is popular it has to be good for teaching.
> > 
> > I recommend Roberto's lecture
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxcSvnEIUq4
> > in any discussion of the merits of Lua for teaching.
> > 
> > Lua makes much clearer the contradiction between space and time: the use
> > of functions, f(x), and lookup-tables, f[x]. As far as I know, no other
> > language does this.
> > 
> > Scheme (and the SICP book) used to be the big educational programming
> > language in the USA. Lua could certainly take its place. Unfortunately
> > neither Scheme nor Lua are much use for teaching the importance of
> > strong typing in programming. I suppose it depends on the educators'
> > targets.
> > 
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> > -- Gavin Wraith