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Lua is the glue when sh/bash doesn't suffice. Lua is simple and elegant, and I much prefer it to Tcl. Lua is in games and in LuaTeX, and when you have the cho
by jll29 1y ago
Lua is the glue when sh/bash doesn't suffice.
Lua is simple and elegant, and I much prefer it to Tcl.
Lua is in games and in LuaTeX, and when you have the choice of embedding a LISP, a FORTH or Lua in a larger application, it is often the most maintainable, runtime-efficient and low-memory footprint option of all.
- 1313ed01 1y agoIf you embed Lua you also get Fennel (almost LISP) support for free.
- radiator 1y ago> Lua is the glue when sh/bash doesn't suffice. I enjoy Lua and use it professionally, but when bash (and AWK) don't suffice, the glue is Perl. Because it has pipes which you can use to connect the output of one command to the input of another, or to a file.
- bmacho 1y agoPeople don't normally embed FORTH in a larger application.