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Why isn't Lua more widely used? I think the major, overwhelming reason is because it has no standard library, much less a package-ecosystem such as RubyGems or
by moe 15y ago
Why isn't Lua more widely used?
I think the major, overwhelming reason is because it has no standard library, much less a package-ecosystem such as RubyGems or Python eggs.
- ZitchDog 15y agoYou do know about LuaRocks, right? It's not as robust or vibrant as the Ruby or Python equivalent, but it certainly does exist. http://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks/ http://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks/
- moe 15y agoAh, I did in fact not know about it, thanks for the pointer! Maybe there's still hope! ;-)
- anonymoushn 15y agoThis could definitely stand to be better. I only learned about LuaRocks by googling around when make failed to build LuaSocket and the README was useless. By then I had been using Lua for about 3 years.
- zimbatm 15y agoThe part about the package ecosystem is not true. Check out luarocks [1]. It's not as well developed but it's certainly there. 1: http://luarocks.org/ http://luarocks.org/