Show HN: Sailor, an MVC web framework in Lua

Re:Show HN: Sailor, an MVC web framework in Lua by dccoolgai on Saturday July 11, 2015 @04:37PM (#9871468)

With the coming of WebAssembly, I think Lua might become a popular choice. I've only dabbled with it, but it seems impressive. Thank you for the heads-up on this. I plan to check it out.

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Re:Show HN: Sailor, an MVC web framework in Lua by etiene on Saturday July 11, 2015 @04:45PM (#9871498)

There has been some discussions about WebAssembly at the lua mail list and I get sooooo excited thinking about the implications it could have! _ I too believe it could make Lua a popular choice.

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Re:Show HN: Sailor, an MVC web framework in Lua by meowface on Sunday July 12, 2015 @12:17AM (#9872567)

I definitely prefer Lua to Javascript, but in my opinion the languages are roughly similar enough that it's not worth going through the trouble to swap one out for the other.

You don't get any of the weak typing, but you still have very similar syntax and features, same dynamic typing, same prototype OOP. Lua doesn't hold enough of an advantage over JS to warrant the cost of trying to get it in the browser.

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