* On 2008-07-20 Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :
> > Le 19 juil. 08 à 16:40, marius schebella a écrit : > > > Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > >> > >> As a test yes, but not for the release. It's changing too fast right > >> now to maintain backwards compatibility, so including it would cause > >> more problems than it would solve. > > > > I am not sure, if it really changes, or if it only adds new > > features. I > > think the big problems (file naming, loader) are solved, but not sure. > > I worked a lot with py/pyext and pdj in the past (which are also > > candidates for pdx), but pdlua is the only scripting tool that can > > easily integrate the language as a static library, because it is so > > small. maintainance should be easier than with python and java. > > And what about PHP, it would be nice to have access directly to this > language with Pd, there is a lot of people knowing this language and > it is useful with MySQL and with query for the web ? It is often > installed on computer with Apache server and MySQL with LAMP, MAMP or > WAMP. > ++ I think in this case Lua really has some advantages over PHP. It is designed to be used as en embedded scripting and configuration language. The source is extremely portable (99% ANSI C) and compact (compiler + runtime typically < 150Kb), and runs completely standalone without the need for other libraries. PHP might add too much overhead. It has a huge API for all kind of (mostly web-related) things, it is much harder to embed in existing applications, brings in tons of dependencies and is *much* bigger then Lua or TCL. -- :wq ^X^Cy^K^X^C^C^C^C _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list