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1. notklaatu (klaatu)'s status on Monday, 25-Jun-2018 00:36:33 UTC notklaatu

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   Seven reasons you should be using Lua on this week's GNU World Order!

   http://gnuworldorder.info/#12x26

   #lua #linux #podcast

   • Icecream95 (ixn)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jun-2018 08:39:18 UTC Icecream95

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     @klaatu Eight reasons you should be using Scheme (specifically, the Guile implementation):

     1. Imperative programming and anonymous functions.

     2. Coming soon... guild package manager.

     3. Predictable syntax:
     > (define i 1)
     > (when (= i 1) 'hi)
     'hi
     > (unless (< i 1) #t)
     #t

     4. Arrays, dicts, tables, and arrays-of-arrays are out (mostly). Pairs are in!

     5. Tabs are optional.

     6. C bindings, so hooking up a game engine wouldn't be too hard.

     7. GUI Frameworks.

     8. Used by the GUIX package manager.

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