Asko Kauppi wrote:
Still thinking what I'd like of Lua. A nice, cheap, portable
hardware
platform totally running it. I know.. it's just a matter of time.
But
think if -say- iPod Photo could be scripted in Lua. :D Or am I
just
too Mac-aholic?
Or too Lua-holic?... :-)
Recently, I wondered if one could make a Lua processor, ie. one that
would use Lua VM opcodes as native instruction set... That would be
fast!
No it wouldn't. It has been tried before -- Lisp machine for example --
and it was an abysmal failure .. slower than a conventional
processor.
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