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I prefer scheme for an extension and wrapping language, but I can see how LUA's paradigm could be the fisher price buttons non-coders need.
by microcolonel 13y ago
I prefer scheme for an extension and wrapping language, but I can see how LUA's paradigm could be the fisher price buttons non-coders need.
- kazagistar 13y agoScheme is fine if your goal is only to have a small section of the programming community want to use it. Lua is great for everyone, including people who have never coded before in their lives as well as experienced software developers.
- snogglethorpe 13y agoScheme's a very decent language too, but so far I haven't found any scheme implementations out there which are anywhere near as good as Lua—small, portable, highly efficient, robust, easy to integrate [with the "underlying" program], well maintained, good and active community, etc—for this space. The most popular scheme implementations tend to be enormous, despite the language's historical reputation as a "small" language. Lua's a great language, but the amazingly good implementation is as much (or more) a factor than the language itself.