1. Lua and Euphoria
- Posted by GreenEuphorian Nov 15, 2011
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Hi
I am new here. I am getting acquainted with Euphoria and I have a couple of questions to ask.
Could someone please give me an idea of how Euphoria compares to other scripting languages, especially Lua?
Also, what are the really strong points of Euphoria that may make one prefer Euphoria to other languages, and in what cases/areas would Euphoria really shine?
I thank you all in advance.
Green
2. Re: Lua and Euphoria
- Posted by BRyan Nov 15, 2011
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Hi
I am new here. I am getting acquainted with Euphoria and I have a couple of questions to ask.
Could someone please give me an idea of how Euphoria compares to other scripting languages, especially Lua?
Also, what are the really strong points of Euphoria that may make one prefer Euphoria to other languages, and in what cases/areas would Euphoria really shine?
I thank you all in advance.
Green
fast development fast interpreter can compile programs to exe open source You can write your own scripting languages in Euphoria
fast development
fast interpreter
can compile programs to exe
open source
You can write your own scripting languages in Euphoria
http://rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?dos=on&win=on&lnx=on&gen=on&keywords=script
Using LUA with Euphoria programs here
http://rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?dos=on&win=on&lnx=on&gen=on&keywords=Lua
3. Re: Lua and Euphoria
- Posted by Selgor Nov 16, 2011
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Selgor here..
Have a read of forum posts. Why learn Euphoria and What do you use Euphoria for.
IMH.
Cheers Selgor..
4. Re: Lua and Euphoria
- Posted by GreenEuphorian Nov 16, 2011
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I could not find anything much specific about Lua in the forum. Almost nothing. The reason I was interested in a comparison of Euphoria with Lua is that Lua seems to be very similar to Euphoria in many respects: lightweight, simple, easy to learn and to use, small footprint... etc. But it does support OOP (although its use is not required) In other words, Lua would really seem to be Euphoria's twin.
So, can anyone with advanced technical knowledge (especially Euphoria's developers) provide some more information about the differences/similarities between Lua and Euphoria? Thanks
6. Re: Lua and Euphoria
- Posted by Jerome Nov 16, 2011
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I'm not familiar with Lua but if you are interested in a speed comparison, check out the demo/bench folder in the Euphoria download. It uses the Prime Sieve benchmark test to compare Euphoria to other languages, including Lua. I'm not sure when those benchmarks were done, but I would guess the trends are accurate. Euphoria looks to be significantly faster than Lua.
Also, Euphoria can do OOP through one of the many user contributions. Please check out http://rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?dos=on&win=on&lnx=on&gen=on&keywords=oop to see some of the various implementations.
Thanks,
Ira
7. Re: Lua and Euphoria
- Posted by Vinoba Nov 16, 2011
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I think there is a major difference.
Lua has Portuguese language support!
Matt, hurry up and learn Portuguese!
8. Re: Lua and Euphoria
- Posted by Euphoric_Kid Nov 17, 2011
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My last question about Euphoria. Do Euphoria create memory efficient programs????
9. Re: Lua and Euphoria
- Posted by DerekParnell (admin) Nov 18, 2011
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My last question about Euphoria. Do Euphoria create memory efficient programs????
Not really, but that depends on what you mean by memory efficient. In general, Euphoria trades memory for speed, meaning that is uses more than the minimum memory it could but by doing that it gains a lot of speed advantages.
On today's computers, memory is not expensive and most computers have RAM to burn.
