I wouldn't jump to a whole different language just to have an elegant script plan. There must be another reason why Lua is being so widely implemented than elegance and execution performance.
Anyone? *José Pablo Méndez ********* On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Steve Edwards <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jan 2012, José Pablo Méndez Soto wrote: > > My question is, what is the benefit of using Lua? >> > > I've never used Lua, but I also have a curiosity about it. > > A couple of years ago, I wrote my first dialplan in AEL. Some bits were > clumsy, minor syntax errors caused major parts of my dialplan to disappear, > and I discovered a bunch of bugs*. > > But, many parts were elegant. Bits that would have been an ugly mess in > 'plain dialplan' seemed obvious and clear. > > I would expect a similar experience with Lua. Kind of an opposite '1984**' > experience. > > If you take the jump, please post your experiences. > > *) This was in 1.2 so there was no benefit in reporting the bugs. > > **) In Orwell's 1984, the 'scope' of language was reduced to eliminate the > ability to express subversive thoughts. > > -- > Thanks in advance, > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ------------- > Steve Edwards [email protected] Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST > Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
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