ex API

[Mark Edgar <medgar@...>]

http://lua-users.org/wiki/ExtensionProprosal

Some discussion here last month prompted me to design an extended API 
for Lua which aims at adding some standard features found in modern 
desktop and server operating systems (Windows, UN*X, MacOS).  This is 
not meant to be a catch-all API for things like graphics or networking, 
nor is it meant to be added to the standard Lua distribution.  This API 
simply provides some base-level operating system function which are not 
covered under the C standard, but are so ubiquitous as to be available 
on all (non-embedded) systems.

I've written sample implementations for Windows and "POSIX".  These 
rough yet working implementations are only meant as proof-of-concept, 
but with a bit of polish, they could serve as the standard 
implementations for these two platforms.

Commence criticism.  :)

					-Mark