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- Subject: Re: Is Lua the next big thing?
- From: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:51:21 -0300
> > Ultimately, a core level serializator could create pure bytecode
> > runnable as such on the same version Lua core. Now it goes like data ->
> > string -> transport -> parser -> run -> data.
> > This will become worth considering if the use of multicore Lua starts to
> > fly. And on the other hand, having "furiously fast" serialization would
> > maybe help it do so.
>
> Like most additions to the language, I think this will require sample
> implementations created by the interested parties. Every now and then
> the Authors spring something on us out of the blue, but most of the time
> such things are discussed in depth, including sample implementations.
>
> Anyone up for the challenge? Alas, I am not.
Actually, I had been working on this for a while, until I got distracted.
It's not at all finished but it works in many cases.
If anyone wants to try it, get it at
http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~lhf/ftp/lua/5.1/save.tar.gz
All comments welcome. But be warned that there is no documentation and no
comments in the source...
--lhf
- References:
- Re: Is Lua the next big thing?, Brent Fulgham
- Re[2]: Is Lua the next big thing?, Lothar Scholz
- Re: Is Lua the next big thing?, Roberto Ierusalimschy
- Re: Is Lua the next big thing?, Sam Roberts
- Re: Is Lua the next big thing?, Philippe Lhoste
- Re: Is Lua the next big thing?, Asko Kauppi
- Re: Is Lua the next big thing?, Roberto Ierusalimschy
- Re: Is Lua the next big thing?, Philippe Lhoste
- Re: Is Lua the next big thing?, askok
- Re: Is Lua the next big thing?, Doug Rogers