Re: [JSMentors] Re: Lua in browser as an alternative to JavaScript

2011-02-12 Thread Peter van der Zee
Slightly related, dunno if it's at all usefull for your cause though, but here's some nginx Lua support... http://thechangelog.com/post/3249294699/super-nginx-killer-build-of-nginx-build-for-luajit-plus On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Francisco Ramos wrote: > Yeah, definetely CoffeeScript cou

Re: [JSMentors] Re: Lua in browser as an alternative to JavaScript

2011-02-11 Thread Francisco Ramos
Yeah, definetely CoffeeScript could get quite far in here since it not only compiles into pure JS but also produces really efficient and "jslintable" code. I like coding and see the Javascript result, it's quite "teaching" ;-) On 11/02/2011 21:53, Duke Dorje wrote: Coffeescript all the way. A

Re: [JSMentors] Re: Lua in browser as an alternative to JavaScript

2011-02-11 Thread Duke Dorje
Coffeescript all the way. All the beauty of a scripting language, but compiles to pure Javascript. On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Fyodorov "bga" Alexander < bga.em...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 11 фев, 23:12, "Michael Haufe (TNO)" > wrote: > > On Feb 11, 1:32 pm, "Fyodorov "bga" Alexander" >

[JSMentors] Re: Lua in browser as an alternative to JavaScript

2011-02-11 Thread Michael Haufe (TNO)
On Feb 11, 1:32 pm, "Fyodorov "bga" Alexander" wrote: > Let me remember you :)http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=64290 Of course, that's marked as WontFix... -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/jsmentors@jsmentor

[JSMentors] Re: Lua in browser as an alternative to JavaScript

2011-02-11 Thread Michael Haufe (TNO)
A comment from /be on Lua: http://brendaneich.com/2006/02/python-and-javascript/#comment-435 On Feb 11, 9:18 am, Adrian Olaru wrote: > Right now, JavaScript is the way to go. My opinion is that programmers love > having more choices. Like on the server we are using Python Ruby or even > JavaScrip

[JSMentors] Re: Lua in browser as an alternative to JavaScript

2011-02-11 Thread Michael Haufe (TNO)
A language being static/dynamic isn't very relevant. Don't let crusty languages like Java ruin your impression of type systems. On Feb 11, 8:56 am, Adrian Olaru wrote: > I think an alternative is always a good idea. Java is big, > is statically typed and it wasn't actually made for scripting. It