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Re:A History of Lua (2001) by blueflow on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @04:54AM (#32409364)
> No ergonomic language features like lambdas

x = function(a,b) return a+b end

x(4,5)

Is that not a lambda?

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Re:A History of Lua (2001) by wruza on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @05:38AM (#32409577)
GP probably meant a short syntax for it, thus ergonomic. When you use lambdas a lot, this “function() end” part may become annoying.
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