On Jul 20, 2008, at 3:14 AM, Ico Doornekamp wrote: > > > * 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.
For me: - there is no PHP/Tk, meaning total rewrite - PHP is not meant to be embedded. .hc > > -- > :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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- "[T]he greatest purveyor of violence in the world today [is] my own government." - Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list