Re:Lua Criticism Is Unwarranted
by juancn on Thursday October 26, 2023 @01:27PM
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LUA for me has a vintage feel to it. Like REXX or TCL.
I find it a bit difficult to write, but that's probably lack of experience with it.
I normally use it for customizing something that forces me into using it, so I don't really want to spend the time knowing its intricacies, so anything where it diverges from more popular languages it grinds me and I try to avoid.
But this is true of any language that feels unfamiliar.
Anyway, Language adoption is a bit of luck and a bit of personal taste. A language needs a certain critical mass to become popular.
I find it a bit difficult to write, but that's probably lack of experience with it.
I normally use it for customizing something that forces me into using it, so I don't really want to spend the time knowing its intricacies, so anything where it diverges from more popular languages it grinds me and I try to avoid.
But this is true of any language that feels unfamiliar.
Anyway, Language adoption is a bit of luck and a bit of personal taste. A language needs a certain critical mass to become popular.