Re:Lua, a Misunderstood Language
by TulliusCicero on Friday January 15, 2021 @06:14PM
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> And I agree that for that reason it's not in itself a great language for learners, but that's not exactly the same as being a great language for non-programmers.
I'm definitely critiquing it from a standpoint of how we've been using it: as a scripting language for making games. We're doing it with this Undertale thing, and there's a good chance he'll use it with Roblox, because the kid loves Roblox, and Lua is used there for scripting as well.
And in that context, it's for non-programmers in a sense, sure, but it's also for people learning to program. Those aren't conflicting descriptions, right? Because initially you can call them 'non-programmers', but at a certain level of complexity, calling them non-programmers doesn't even make sense anymore (and the Roblox custom games I've seen him play, they seem plenty complex to me).
I'm definitely critiquing it from a standpoint of how we've been using it: as a scripting language for making games. We're doing it with this Undertale thing, and there's a good chance he'll use it with Roblox, because the kid loves Roblox, and Lua is used there for scripting as well.
And in that context, it's for non-programmers in a sense, sure, but it's also for people learning to program. Those aren't conflicting descriptions, right? Because initially you can call them 'non-programmers', but at a certain level of complexity, calling them non-programmers doesn't even make sense anymore (and the Roblox custom games I've seen him play, they seem plenty complex to me).