Re: Breakthrough dream

[Martin <eden_martin_fuhrspam@...>]

On 03/25/2017 12:54 PM, Egor Skriptunoff wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 10:26 PM, Dirk Laurie wrote:
> 
>     2017-03-25 15:04 GMT+02:00 Rodrigo Azevedo:
> 
>     > Based on the thread 'Selenophobia', and your major experience, choose 5
>     > characteristics you think indispensable to keep Lua advancing as a
>     > "general-purpose script language";
>     >
>     > 1) an expanded basic library (some batteries), well organized, maintained
>     > and documented. "Pure Lua" libraries at least.
>     > 2) easy installation on major operating systems (with shared libraries)
>     > 3) threads (pthreads!? not Lua's coroutine)
>     > 4) optional type annotations (performance, error check etc)
>     > 5) easy, transparent, way to port libraries to new versions of Lua.
>     >
>     > Is this possible to start, organize and support for a long period ( a
>     > 'larger' community)?
> 
>     This does sound a bit like someone who wishes to enlarge the listening
>     public of a radio station that broadcasts classical music, and comes
>     with suggestions like:
> 
>     * breezy disc jockeys
>     * short, snappy pieces instead of those interminable symphonies
>     * phone-in discussion programmes
>     * jazz is fine music too, isn't it?
> 
> 
> The analogy with classical music is very incorrect.
> All 5 characteristics being discussed here wouldbe useful for all Lua users.
> They are not contradictory to set of features we already have in the
> language.

Anyway I enjoyed by Dirk's messages. Great style and humour (imo). And
rare perk of feeling unobvious analogies.

-- Martin