<div dir="ltr">Honestly it solves the problem of "I'm lukewarm about Python"... ;-)<div><br></div><div>I could come up with more convincing reasons, but I'd have to do some more research and make sure that Python doesn't already have those solved (for instance, having a JIT compiler and an interactive debugger would be great reasons, but I'm not sure that couldn't already be done with Python).</div>
<div><br></div><div>I think being able to support more languages, as long as the footprint isn't huge, have the general advantage of attracting people who already know those languages. It is hard to say if that is a "problem", but it is theoretically it would be nice to have.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If there was a lot of support for the idea, then "nice to have" becomes more compelling.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Campbell Barton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ideasman42@gmail.com" target="_blank">ideasman42@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:53 AM, Jason Wilkins<br>
<<a href="mailto:jason.a.wilkins@gmail.com">jason.a.wilkins@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Lua is generally smaller and faster.<br>
> It is very commonly used in game programming.<br>
> Fairly easy to embed in a C/C++ program.<br>
> There is a JIT compiled version of it.<br>
> There is a debugger called "Decoda"<br>
> I may be wrong, but you have more control over what is actually available in<br>
> the language (where with Python it seems like you have to get the whole<br>
> library)<br>
><br>
> I'm not going to discuss the language itself since that is purely aesthetic<br>
> IMHO. I'm mainly curious if there are any other Lua fans.<br>
<br>
</div>I know there are other lua fans out there,<br>
and Lua for sure has advantages over Python,<br>
<br>
But you talk of adding a new language without saying what problems it<br>
solves - or is this just a *nice to have* feature?<br>
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> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Jacob Merrill <<a href="mailto:blueprintrandom1@gmail.com">blueprintrandom1@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> What are the advantages compared to python?<br>
>><br>
>> Is it easier to export?<br>
>><br>
>> I don't have any experience with it,<br>
>> however if the benefits are great enough...<br>
>> I could teach myself another language....<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:38 AM, Jason Wilkins <<a href="mailto:jason.a.wilkins@gmail.com">jason.a.wilkins@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> How many people would be interested in being able to use Lua to script<br>
>>> Blender alongside Python?<br>
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