Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:33:08 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>, Andrew Reilly <areilly@bigpond.net.au>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Interpreted language(s) in the base Message-ID: <86vd75dqq3.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinHtzt=ELPvQBaaRBUzN-U88EXDMenZwrRsY3NL@mail.gmail.com> (C. P. Ghost's message of "Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:00:54 %2B0200") References: <4C6505A4.9060203@FreeBSD.org> <4C650B75.3020800@FreeBSD.org> <4C651192.9020403@FreeBSD.org> <i477eo$i4d$1@dough.gmane.org> <4C673898.2080609@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTim_prShRiHkLnFbhek9%2Beaa-KaJ5oZtNo%2BLd0K1@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008152240370.66595@qbhto.arg> <20100818134341.GA88861@johnny.reilly.home> <AANLkTinHtzt=ELPvQBaaRBUzN-U88EXDMenZwrRsY3NL@mail.gmail.com>
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"C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> writes: > After all LISP-like syntax is *still* more common and prevalent > than Lua, e.g. in Elisp, guile, esh, scsh and a lot of other apps > that use it as a small language. So we can expect more users > to be at least partially familiar with it. And there *are* lightweight > MIT- or BSD-licensed scheme interpreters out there too: Considering that the majority of people who might be interested in using this know *neither* Lisp *nor* Lua, my vote is for Lua, because people who are familiar with neither will be more open to learning Lua, which resembles other languages they already know, than Lisp, which doesn't. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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