<div dir="ltr">Lua is generally smaller and faster.<div>It is very commonly used in game programming.</div><div>Fairly easy to embed in a C/C++ program.</div><div>There is a JIT compiled version of it.</div><div>There is a debugger called "Decoda"</div>
<div>I may be wrong, but you have more control over what is actually available in the language (where with Python it seems like you have to get the whole library)</div><div><br></div><div>I'm not going to discuss the language itself since that is purely aesthetic IMHO. I'm mainly curious if there are any other Lua fans.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Jacob Merrill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:blueprintrandom1@gmail.com" target="_blank">blueprintrandom1@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 dir="ltr">What are the advantages compared to python?<div><br></div><div>Is it easier to export?</div><div><br></div>
<div>I don't have any experience with it,</div><div>however if the benefits are great enough...</div>
<div>I could teach myself another language....</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:38 AM, Jason Wilkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jason.a.wilkins@gmail.com" target="_blank">jason.a.wilkins@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im"><div dir="ltr">How many people would be interested in being able to use Lua to script Blender alongside Python?</div>
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