The Righteous Path (was Re: LUTask, luatask, encapsulation vs isolation)

[PA <petite.abeille@...>]

On Jan 30, 2005, at 06:40, Chris Pressey wrote:

> Object-oriented languages have a nasty tendency to model everything as
> an object (because that's all they know.)  Functional languages are
> equally prone to modelling everything as a function.  Personally, I 
> like
> Lua because it is closer to being multiparadigmal, but without being
> bloated.

As Jules put it:

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities 
of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the 
name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of 
darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost 
children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and 
furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my 
brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance 
upon thee."

-- Jules, Pulp Fiction, Ezekiel 25:17 among others
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/

In other words, I not very interesting in debating the relative merit 
of "Software Cult A" versus "Software Cult B". I'm mostly learning Lua 
for personal entertainment. I'm not looking for a new meaning of life:

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0085959/

Please indulge me :)

Some weekend reading:

"On the diffusion of Christopher Alexander's "A Pattern Language" into 
Software Architecture"
-- Rohit Khare, April 19, 1995
http://xent.com/~rohit/Alexander.htmld/

Cheers

--
PA, Onnay Equitursay
http://alt.textdrive.com/