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I don't understand why Python is so popular when there's Lua. It's just so much better. Not as good as Rebol but still much better than Python.
by rebolek 1y ago
I don't understand why Python is so popular when there's Lua. It's just so much better. Not as good as Rebol but still much better than Python.
- poly2it 1y agoPython has a much larger and more mature ecosystem. Lua barely has a functioning package manager.
- ksymph 1y agoIt's still early in development, but the new package manager Lux looks promising: https://github.com/lumen-oss/lux https://github.com/lumen-oss/lux
- flykespice 1y agoDon't forget it's much more productive writing a script in Python to parse a text than Lua due to its huge feature-rich syntax
- karel-3d 1y agoLua is great when you need an embedded language. That's it. It's not great on its own, in my opinion. It becomes really gnarly if you have a bigger Lua codebase.
- nmz 1y agoRebol is the cleanest/greatest language I've read code for but the VM is the slowest VM I've ever wrote code for, mind you I only did the first 10 exercises of euler but the only thing that has it beat is writing a shellscript that forks to dc/bc on each math expression.