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Re: lua default version



On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 08:56:45PM +0000, Alexander Nasonov wrote:
> Current version is nearly a full screen. I'm going to change it to
> the up-to-date description from http://www.lua.org/about.html :
> 
>    Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.
> 
>    Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description
>    constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is
>    dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based
>    virtual machine, and has automatic memory management with incremental
>    garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and
>    rapid prototyping.

The use of Byte Code or that is the VM is register-based is completely
irrelevant.

Joerg


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