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I read a related article a while back: http://journal.dedasys.com/2010/03/30/where-tcl-and-tk-went-wrong http://journal.dedasys.com/2010/03/30/where-tcl-and-tk-

by manveru 16y ago

I read a related article a while back: http://journal.dedasys.com/2010/03/30/where-tcl-and-tk-went-wrong http://journal.dedasys.com/2010/03/30/where-tcl-and-tk-went-... It's interesting to draw parallels to Lua, they both started out as embedded scripting languages with a small core.

davidw 16y ago
Great article:-) I think managing the addition of batteries is definitely tricky for a language like Lua. Some of its users do not want any additional baggage: they want small, fast and easy to embed. Other people may want to use it as a 'scripting language', and thus want to have a bunch of libraries and additional goodies to get stuff done with.