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Re:Why Isn’t C Memory Safe Yet? by johnny22 on Sunday May 27, 2012 @07:58AM (#4029933)
lua seems to be the closest option
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Re:Why Isn’t C Memory Safe Yet? by pubby on Sunday May 27, 2012 @08:54AM (#4030015)
Do you have any examples of how Lua is as efficient as C?
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Re:Why Isn’t C Memory Safe Yet? by johnny22 on Sunday May 27, 2012 @07:01PM (#4031287)
nothing is going to be efficient as C if you want it to manage the problems of C.

Lua just happens to be the thinnest wrapper i've seen on top of C that offers enough extras to make it worth learning/using over C.

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