in my contrib there is a more up-to-date lua port

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Federico G. Benavento
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> yes, it's in nils contrib (noselasd)
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> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 6:47 PM, John Barham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> I've often though quite a few languages could be shrunken down fit with
>>> Plan9's diretory/files system. Python, for instance, would need much less
>>> code for networking etc.
>>>
>>> So a language that specialsed in I/O primitives would be a good choice. That
>>> doesn't sound like Haskell to me. I/O is about changing state. That said,
>>> there must be a way to make it fit :)
>>>
>>> Of the few I have used, I think python is the best hybrid that fits.
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>> Lua (http://www.lua.org/) is also a good choice as its standard
>> library is so minimalist that porting it is trivial.  IIRC there is an
>> APE port somewhere in contrib.
>>
>>  John
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> Federico G. Benavento
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