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Jack Jansen  
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 More options Apr 10 1997, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
From: j...@cwi.nl (Jack Jansen)
Date: 1997/04/10
Subject: Python and Lua (was Ousterhout)

jam...@netcom.com (James Logajan) writes:
>Others have responded to this point adequately; however, I just happen to be
>working on a product that is going to require a scripting or extension
>language. We get to pick our own language (for once). Our short list includes:
>Lua
>Python
>Perl
>Tcl
>So far, Lua is winning, with Python still in the running because of its
>stronger OO support.

Does anyone here have any experiences with Lua? From a glance at
<http://csg.uwaterloo.ca/~lhf/lua/home.html> it looks like a pretty
decent and small language, "Tcl done right" is what immedeately came
to mind (or possibly "Python-Lite").

I'd be interested in peoples' experiences with Lua in real life,
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