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Each new Lua version has breaking changes that are of dubious value to keep on the upgrade treadmill. Something like a Python2->3. LuaJIT is famously on 5.1 wi
by 0cf8612b2e1e 1y ago
Each new Lua version has breaking changes that are of dubious value to keep on the upgrade treadmill. Something like a Python2->3.
LuaJIT is famously on 5.1 with no signs of moving.
- bondant 1y agoNot moving straight to a more recent version, but still cherry-picking some parts of them. You can see some functionalities from Lua 5.2 and 5.3 are working in Luajit: https://luajit.org/extensions.html https://luajit.org/extensions.html
- 90s_dev 1y agoI guess all of this means Lua has "flavors" more than "versions".