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. :)
