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> It's a complete reference to the language and I've never seen a reference that isn't huge. Lua's reference is 112 pages. Just sayin'. (Also, online at http:/
by silentbicycle 14y ago
> It's a complete reference to the language and I've never seen a reference that isn't huge.
Lua's reference is 112 pages. Just sayin'. (Also, online at http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/ http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/ .)
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoAll generalizations are false :) Lua's design philosophy is to keep it simple, which works well for their user base and domain of use (lots of embedding in games as a scripting language). Scala is not meant to be a simple scripting language, its more like a power language. Both are very good languages.
- silentbicycle 14y agoIndeed, and Lua gets a lot simpler because it can shrug stuff outside its scope onto C. (The Definition of Standard ML is also pretty short, though... ;) )
- bad_user 14y agoAnd Scala's is 191 pages, including blanks: http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaReference.pdf http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaReference.pdf