Notices tagged with lua, page 2
-
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2020 06:31:15 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} I’m bumbling through “Lua Quick Start Guide” and a couple of online #Lua introductions / tutorials. Usually at the same time. So when I want to go on to the next one, I want to type the equivalent of #Tcl’s
set variables [info vars]
So I can iterate through them and delete them (or set them to nil in Lua parlance). But in the resources I’ve looked at so far, that seems not to be a thing in the Lua world. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Saturday, 01-Feb-2020 18:48:33 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} I’ve been doing some very introductory tutorials for #Lua. It seems pretty interesting. I don’t think it will displace #Tcl and #Python as my favorite scripting languages, but it could become the third in the set.
Seeing that tables (which are dictionaries—associative arrays—that can also act as regular arrays if numeric keys are used) are the only data structure, it sort of twists my mind into contortions trying to imagine how to structure certain kinds of data. That’s good, IMO, because history (took classes decades ago on BASIC, COBOL, Pascal, C, C++, Java, ...) predisposes me to look for arrays and records (or objects that encapsulate records) as the building blocks.
I’ve also downloaded (but not yet installed) #Erlang and #Elixir for Windows. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2020 05:57:37 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Found another old prepaid VISA gift card, but it's been so long that I can't read the expiration date (and therefore, cannot check to see how much is available to spend, if any). I'll take it with me the next time I visit a store and try to pay some or all of the price with it.
Now, I'm going to put away #Tcl, #Lua, and #Jsish, and go to bed. I took a couple of sips of sleep enhancer, so I'm hoping to get lots of rest tonight. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2020 06:21:47 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Recently (not today, but close enough), I've been reading about #Lua and fiddling with "tables" which are dictionaries (other languages may use the terms "dict", "dictionary", "hash", "associative array" for similar concepts). -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2020 04:08:18 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Considering a #JavaScript implementation for a couple of little things I'm working on. This one: https://jsish.org/fossil/jsi/doc/ckout/md/Home.md
(Also considering #Lua and !tcltk. Maybe I'll start with all three and see which one gets farther faster.) -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2019 05:40:48 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} @bthall @amic The #Prosody #XMPP server software is written in #Lua. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 04-Nov-2018 00:47:51 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} @arturovm Funny thing is that I was recently looking at #Lua, !TclTk, #Squirrel, but not since I started this search (and, again, I do not have any current need for it). -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Monday, 03-Sep-2018 01:51:21 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Sometimes, I just want to see the license, you know? https://studio.zerobrane.com/ #Lua -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Monday, 03-Sep-2018 01:05:54 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} @delores Maybe you're starting too far down. Some people can handle hand-assembling hydrogen and oxygen atoms into water molecules. Others start with buckets of water and make ice sculptures out of it.
Did you look at #Lua yet? https://www.lua.org/start.html -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Saturday, 01-Sep-2018 23:32:46 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} @delores #Python may not "fit" your thinking style. Maybe you should try a different language, such as #Gambas http://gambas.sourceforge.net/en/main.html http://gambaswiki.org/wiki or #Lua https://www.lua.org/
I don't claim to be a programmer at all, but the one thing I do still use that I picked up in the programming classes I took in college is this:
* Step 1: Can you solve this? If yes, solve it. If no, go to step 2.
* Step 2: Break the problem into smaller pieces. With each piece, proceed to step 1. -
Hisham (hishamhm)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Jul-2018 23:16:42 UTC Hisham Announcing LuaRocks 3.0.0beta1!
-
notklaatu (klaatu)'s status on Monday, 25-Jun-2018 00:36:33 UTC notklaatu Seven reasons you should be using Lua on this week's GNU World Order!