From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,d8e3cd3d8dbaa4fb X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.224.177.12 with SMTP id bg12mr1336066qab.0.1343313054023; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:30:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.75.201 with SMTP id e9mr1446937paw.22.1343312720485; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:25:20 -0700 (PDT) Path: a15ni105485768qag.0!nntp.google.com!q21no13990764qas.0!news-out.google.com!p10ni64680744pbh.1!nntp.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!novia!news-peer1!btnet!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!xlned.com!feeder5.xlned.com!feed.xsnews.nl!border-3.ams.xsnews.nl!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada "library only" compiler ? Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:02:05 +0900 Message-ID: <87sjcjhxyq.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <2879c45e-f8e0-4434-9f82-968c585a4539@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: individual.net DlCbink5zoVbSfftly9laA/NmOiiAVQJJoKWHuosj3KeQWvVNFE/0//mjWCfi9H9hs Cancel-Lock: sha1:8220PrXo5EXq29Z+VTEjKx0axWA= sha1:6/YAjPriBBFqTo6X91yre9MgQHc= System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Content-Type: text/plain Date: 2012-07-23T14:02:05+09:00 List-Id: Patrick writes: > Lua is called a language and has it's own file extension etc but it's > developers are open about the fact that it is not a language but a C > library. No comment on the rest of your post, but the above is just wrong, so I will correct you. Lua is very well designed for use as a extension language, and that (along with other attributes such as small size, speed, etc) has made it popular in such a role, but it also works great as a "normal" standalone language. -miles -- 97% of everything is grunge