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I agree with the author on all points, except one: there isn't any reason not to just use Lua for everything. Yes, thats right. Lua for everything. Lua on iOS
by mmjaa 8y ago
I agree with the author on all points, except one: there isn't any reason not to just use Lua for everything.
Yes, thats right. Lua for everything. Lua on iOS, Lua on MacOS, Lua on Linux. Lua on Windows.
I absolutely love the freedom, flexibility and downright sexiness of using one language on all of the platforms. Its a beautiful, difficult, lonely place to be - but if you haven't tried it, you can't really knock it.
- lifeisstillgood 8y agoI am unfamiliar with mobile coding but I presume there are really good reasons to use the "blessed" language on ios / android - I would assume any scripting interfaces leave many useful (security) areas unavailable? Could you access the secure enclave for example in python or lua?
- mmjaa 8y agoYes, you sure can. Anything you can do in Objective-C or Swift, you can do in Lua.
- vbezhenar 8y agoCustom JIT is forbidden on iOS, how are you going to write performant code? I could see only JavaScript as a proper alternative.