Re: Portability of Lua

[Thomas Jericke <tjericke@...>]

> It can't be more portable than the language it's implemented in.
True, but it would be possible to write Lua interpreters in other 
languages to overcome this limitation.
> Additionally, there are places you can use C where using Lua would be
> very difficult, such as memory-starved microcontrollers or anything
> requiring real-time.
Actually we use Lua in a real-time environment. In general you need to 
control the GC, which is possible in the new versions (>=5.1).
The only critical thing is, that you must be able to run at least 
one/any GC step in your RT cycle. Also you must be able to run the GC 
for long enough in general, otherwise your memory wont last long ;-)

It may not work on real time systems with very limited CPU and RAM but 
it is possible to intergrate Lua in RT systems.

Of course it would help if a GC step was more deterministic in the run 
time it needs. But I am quite happy as it is at the moment.
--
Thomas