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> by being extension-focused it's been able to iterate the entire language many times over and make basic semantic changes without worrying about backwards-comp
by silentbicycle 17y ago
> by being extension-focused it's been able to iterate the entire language many times over and make basic semantic changes without worrying about backwards-compatibility.
This is a very good point - Lua seems to have improved quite a bit since (say) 4.0 - it's small enough that maintaining an in-house fork of on old version is an option, so the language designers can make major changes when it's a clear improvement.
As library maturity goes, there are some really good ones out there (such as LPEG and LuaSocket), but for some things the documentation is a bit thin. The situation is getting better, though.