Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 07:16:31 -0700, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In the short run, for Aleph's purposes, these declarations and
much/most/all of the metainfo can be treated as "suggestions" for
the otp designer to consider in implementing things. There is no
need to treat them as something "holy".
in the near future pdftex will provide open type as well as hooks
for input processing using lua, so you may as well end up rewriting
your otp's in a more friendly language
At the risk of getting off topic: I know nothing about lua-) What
makes it such a great tool? Why not just use, e.g., Ruby (less
languages for me to learn->)?
well, there is google ...
lua is
- small, so no huge overhead and expanding library base
- clever enough for the job needed
- a well designed embedded language
- fun
But you are quite right: the otp language is a real bear...
indeed, let'd get rid of it -)
Hans
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