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I started using Lua as an embedded scripting language to drive a pretty complicated process. After a few weeks, i ended up switching to Python. The Lua librarie

by punster 17y ago

I started using Lua as an embedded scripting language to drive a pretty complicated process. After a few weeks, i ended up switching to Python. The Lua libraries were pretty weak, the datastructures and builtin functions were wierd and inconsistent, and swig+python made for much faster scripting then exposing c interfaces to lua.

punster 17y ago
Oh, and the lack of an integer type seemed to make it really difficult to do proper bit shifting--i'd expect this to be the bread and butter of an embedded scripting language.
- pheon 17y ago
  you apply the bit operator patch to get this.
  - agladysh 17y ago
    You do not apply bit operator patch, you do use bitop library.
gnosis 17y ago
You can use SWIG with Lua.
agladysh 17y ago
Lua data structures and builtin functions are ones of the most consistent sort I've seen around — if you get the whole picture. They are just a bit unorthodoxal.