>You can grab the source for the version you want, and then never again look at Lua community. Sure, but it's probably not the best move if you're planning on

>You can grab the source for the version you want, and then never again look at Lua community. Sure, but it's probably not the best move if you're planning on any collaboration or second-party input. Ambitious projects require more brainpower than one average programmer has. And that's not even considering multiplication of resources spent on similar things. The gist of that article from LWN is that a lot of people see Lua as the perfect base for building "flying boats", but what lacks is some semi-official directions for the part of the community which is interested in such endeavors. In my opinion this wouldn't harm the language in any way.