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how is neko compared to lua today?
by est 17y ago
how is neko compared to lua today?
- swah 17y agoTotally different? IIRC, Neko is based on Ocaml, which is on the other side of the spectrum from dynamic languages like Lua... So... what do you mean?
- est 17y agohttp://nekovm.org/lua http://nekovm.org/lua > Lua is maybe the Virtual Machine that is the most similar to Neko in terms of goals, architecture and performances, it is interesting to compare the choices that the two VM are doing.
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- judofyr 17y agohttp://nekovm.org/lua http://nekovm.org/lua
- est 17y agothanks but I already knew that wiki. I wonder what the situation is TODAY, especially after LuaJIT2 came out.
- fab13n 17y agoIt seems that it can be summed up as "Neko is pissed that the niche it targeted is totally taken by Lua". The Neko/Lua comparison is mostly about implementation details and unsubstantiated efficiency claims (even before LuaJIT, the proper way to optimize Lua was to write critical stuff in C). Generally speaking, Lua totally steals the show for all conceptually simple and efficient languages with a mainstream syntax. It makes several hobbyists' projects, including Neko, definitely obsolete.
- silentbicycle 17y ago> even before LuaJIT, the proper way to optimize Lua was to write critical stuff in C Also, Lua has a refreshing modesty in that it's convenient for prototyping, but makes moving stuff out to C extremely easy. Unlike (say) Python, the language is designed around the assumption that most of your project may be in C.