Re: Tcl vs. Lua

Isaac Gouy wrote: 
Cameron Laird wrote:

In article <1135859377.142907.11560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Lisa Pearlson <reageer@xxxxxxxxx> 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?


The famous mantra: Everything Is A String


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