Most hackable -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Thursday, January 6, 2022 8:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ... Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS
** EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION ** On 7/1/22 9:44 am, Bob Bridges wrote: > I never heard of Lua until I started playing Factorio a few years ago; > apparently it's the language in which players can add mods to the game. For > that reason I wasn't sure even what it is. Is it really a programming > language, or some special-purpose thingy? It's a programming language. It's niche is to to be embedded as it's core is tiny which is why it is the language of choice for video game scripting or mods. Almost all AAA video games use Lua. It was designed as a configuration language so has features that make it ideal for writting DSLs https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fleafo.net%2Fguides%2Fdsl-in-lua.html&data=04%7C01%7CRon.Wells%40OMF.COM%7C7772e90be1b44314ffc208d9d1874587%7C57c0053cb5f84a1e8bb6e8afa09f3b82%7C0%7C0%7C637771201790127602%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=BHm%2BNgGLz2WsI9rwgPEXZ5lnn8upcdSIIugwCCSK0y0%3D&reserved=0. > > --- > Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 > > /* To be "matter of fact" about the world is to blunder into fantasy - > and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful. > -from the Notebooks of Lazarus Long */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of René Jansen > Sent: Thursday, January 6, 2022 20:15 > > I will look into Lua. Need to do that for TeX anyway. > >> --- On 6 Jan 2022, at 21:05, David Crayford <[email protected]> wrote: >> ...All of those requirements are met by Lua which runs on z/OS, >> including modules in PDS data sets, supports TSO/ISPF and the entire >> file system including VSAM which REXX does not. >> https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flua >> 4z.github.io%2FLua4z%2F&data=04%7C01%7CRon.Wells%40OMF.COM%7C7772 >> e90be1b44314ffc208d9d1874587%7C57c0053cb5f84a1e8bb6e8afa09f3b82%7C0%7 >> C0%7C637771201790127602%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiL >> CJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=3uTfz% >> 2FG47ThubN%2BgkpNWU2ovTuDLfSGNkY0Z5C8SoWQ%3D&reserved=0 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Email Disclaimer This E-mail contains confidential information belonging to the sender, which may be legally privileged information. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity addressed above. If you are not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of the E-mail or attached files is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
