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It 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
by fab13n 17y ago
It 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.