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How mature is string manipulation in Lua? Personally, I use python for anything involving string manipulation, and then use C or C++ (depending on context) to d
by law 14y ago
How mature is string manipulation in Lua? Personally, I use python for anything involving string manipulation, and then use C or C++ (depending on context) to do significant data processing on the (now hashed) data.
- timknauf 14y agoLua's core string manipulation has been kept (as I understand it) deliberately limited in order to keep the implementation simple. What is present - e.g., simplified pattern-matching - is cleverly designed and often useful but, by design, there's nothing to compare to Python's rich built-in set of libraries.