Thomas Lefort

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I'm know as Tov on #lua.

I've been using the language extensively since May 2005.

Please check my work in progress: SwigLuaDraft

What I like in Lua

• "An extensible extension language" with a robust design.
• Power with environments, metatables, closures and coroutines.
• Simplicity with a clear syntax and a straightforward C API.
• Fast, small and portable.

What I like less:

• lack of standards, but that is also a source of flexibility.
• lack of pattern-matching idioms, but again there is [MetaLua].

What I did, do and will do about Lua

• advertise Lua, of course ! :)
• help on IRC and mailing-list (according to my free time).

• rewrite the [SWIG] module (work in progress as of Fall 2007) and then possibly [bootstrap] it.
• debug Kepler's [RemDebug] (mostly done) and plug it into various editors; review RiciLake's [ldb].

• debug the [SANO] collections framework.
• review and contribute the so-called StandardLibraries.
• beta-test [MetaLua].

• more to come !