1. Re: Gui we really need...
On 14 Nov 2002, at 11:55, Igor Kachan wrote:
>
> Hello CK,
> ----------
> > Îò: C. K. Lester <cklester at yahoo.com>
> > Òåìà: RE: Gui we really need...
> > Äàòà: 14 íîÿáðÿ 2002 ã. 7:35
> >
> > > I never got Lua running either, but it sounds
> > > like a grand idea of a
> > > programming language!
> >
> > Oh, the irony! A language that nobody can make
> > run (okay, kat and irv, but
> > they're pretty big names in EUPHORIAdom)
> > is "a grand idea?"
> >
> > EUPHORIA runs, so it must be grander still, seeing
> > as how even dummies like
> > me can actually make it work!
RedKnight got it figured out, how to get the "interpreter" to execute prepared
files, and include other files, etc.
> I got yesterday Lua 4.0 for DJGPP running on my machine.
> It is very small, primitive and can not be even compared against Euphoria
> because of they are the languages of
> different classes.
> Euphoria is, so to say, the Battle-Cruiser and Lua is
> something like to Auxiliary Vessel on my sea-dog's look.
>
> But Euphoria interpreters are as small as
> Lua interpreter is...
> But Euphoria binder is much smaller than Lua compiler
> which is not the real compiler but just maker of binary
> form code for the Lua interpreter...
> But Euphoria To C translators are as small as Lua
> compiler, which is not a compiler...
>
> And Lua language is much less readable than EU language.
> And Lua concept is very artificial with its absence
> of types but with its strange tags, nils, tables,
> adjustments for the number of arguments and returned
> values for the functions.
>
> All varyables are global, locals in functions require
> the key word 'local' ... And so on ... etc .. and so on.
>
> Lua can not compete with Euphoria,
> Lua is a satellite-language just to make life
> little easier with C/C++/C#.
Well, Lua is not Euphoria, right.
> Good luck with running Lua under Euphoria control,
> brave Euphorians!
That might be what happens, with Eu talking to Lua, like Eu can talk to mirc.
Do not forget the Lua Windows stepping debugger, Eu has only dos
debugger! Lua can execute strings too. And can scan the variable storage for
names and contents. That sounds like it should be easy to do in Eu.
Kat
