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Lua has had a long time to slowly and deliberately evolve, informed by feedback from a gradually growing group of users. It's kind of the opposite of Javascrip
by silentbicycle 14y ago
Lua has had a long time to slowly and deliberately evolve, informed by feedback from a gradually growing group of users.
It's kind of the opposite of Javascript, which went from 0 to release in a few weeks and had a bunch of design errors become permanent as a result. Lua and Javascript have a lot in common, and studying Lua may be a good way to see where Javascript is going in the long term.
Lua is significantly smaller than ECL, and a bit smaller than PicoLisp. According to sloccount, they weigh in at 432,818 (ECL), 15,018 (PicoLisp), and 14,309 (Lua).