axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agoThere are two types of Lua userslemmy.cafeimagemessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1541arrow-down110
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minus-squaresunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoDoes anyone genuinely like the language on its own merits? Lua is an excellent alternative to other interpreted langs like Python or JS.
minus-squaregokayburuc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoYes. Although it’s actually a very good alternative, it suffers from a lack of community. Its use can be increased with a global community and localized communities.
minus-squareF04118F@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoNah EDIT: After reading, I stand corrected. Lua is better than Python and JS for many usecases, mainly due to size and portability. Their versioning is weird though.
Does anyone genuinely like the language on its own merits? Lua is an excellent alternative to other interpreted langs like Python or JS.
Yes. Although it’s actually a very good alternative, it suffers from a lack of community. Its use can be increased with a global community and localized communities.
Nah
EDIT: After reading, I stand corrected. Lua is better than Python and JS for many usecases, mainly due to size and portability.
Their versioning is weird though.