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- Subject: Re: Shoehorning into 64 KB
- From: Tore Lund <tl001@...>
- Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 11:54:43 +0200
Edgar Toernig wrote:
>
> IMHO Lua's not really good for this kind of environment. It's
> not that it _wastes_ memory, but it was not designed for these
> memory constraints (low overhead, compact data, fragmentation
> avoidance, ...). I.e. Forth is a masterpiece in this area.
> [please not another "other language" thread :-)]
C and assembler are also rather good in this area, but I had really
hoped to leave these prehistoric languages behind. Anyway, thanks for
your warning, we'll see.
--
Tore