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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Muttley@dastardlyhq.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: on Perl Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:51:12 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: <uvm6pg$119gi$1@dont-email.me> References: <uu54la$3su5b$6@dont-email.me> <20240408075547.000061e8@gmail.com> <g52cnWOOwoz_son7nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> <uvbe3m$2cun7$1@dont-email.me> <Mkidnafag8vlooH7nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> <pan$c8c3e$b0e492b3$c544c27e$d72bff90@invalid.invalid> <uvk8o6$h2pg$3@dont-email.me> <20240415152951.000079ab@gmail.com> <uvkbec$hjeq$1@dont-email.me> <uvlc1f$rgng$1@dont-email.me> <slrnv1smf9.25p4.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <uvm35m$10egq$1@dont-email.me> <EpwTN.247849$zF_1.119459@fx18.iad> <uvm5bp$10uuu$1@dont-email.me> <uvm69k$1154r$1@dont-email.me> <uvm6b5$116e9$1@dont-email.me> <20240416084923.00005c8a@gmail.com> Injection-Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:51:13 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ed7e046316ac869f27ed99b3aa773bd3"; logging-data="1091090"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18ASxoR1zP7RARO/YGE4Qj9" Cancel-Lock: sha1:R/Fwy427tUx8CIq629QGzwxEYzQ= Bytes: 2614 On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:49:23 -0700 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> wrote: >On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:43:33 -0000 (UTC) >Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote: > >> >>>> So moving from one language hardly anyone uses to another that >> >>>> hardly >> >anyone >> >>>> uses. You can't deny the consistency. >> >>> >> >>> We use lua rather extensively in multiple products. >> >>> >> >>> You seem to do nothing but criticize others. >> >> >> >> I've worked in a number of different areas and I've never come >> >> across anyone who mentioned Lua, never mind a company that used >> >> it. Whatever you do it must be rather niche. >> > >> >I use lua to enhance conky - but yes it is a bit niche, I suppose. >> >> Is conky your talking teddy bear? > >It's *very* commonly used as a "bolt-on" solution for scripting in a >wide variety of applications, particularly videogame engines. I eagerly >await your explanation of how that doesn't count since it's outside >your own sphere of experience. > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_applications_using_Lua >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lua_(programming_language)-scripted_vide >o_games Oh, games. Serious applications then.