Re: Tcl vs. Lua

Isaac Gouy wrote:
> Cameron Laird wrote:
>
>>In article <1135859377.142907.11560@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>>Lisa Pearlson <reageer@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Coincidentally I came across Lua ( http://lua.org ).
>>>Seems their goals, portability, embeddability, extendability, are
>>>similar to Tcl.
>>>Just like Tcl, I had never heard of Lua, but they claim it to be
>>>simple, fast, etc.
>>>
>>>So, I can't help wonder how Tcl compares to Lua.
>>>Does anyone here know Lua? I'm sure each has their strengths and
>>>weaknesses. I'm only interested in what are Tcl's advantages over Lua.
>>>
>>>Lisa
>>>
>>
>>Tcl constitutes a far richer programming environment.
>>Lua is more minimal in its run-time impact.
>>
>>Tcl supports Unicode and regular expressions more fully
>>than Lua.
>>
>>Tcl has Starpacks, stubs, and so on.
>>
>>Tcl/Tk is ahead of TkLua.
>>
>>There are more Tcl books.
>>
>>Some prefer EIAS to the impressive mileage Lua gets out
>>of dictionary-based metaprogramming.
>>
>>Lua's a wonderful language. It also remains a niche
>>language. Tcl comes much closer to universality.
>
>
> EIAS?
>

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Received on Tue Jan 3 03:09:38 2006