There is nothing wrong with it, actually it could be valuable to Lua users.
I think it might be same as with PHP module, it gives flexibility to use 
either scripting language or both for development.

But Tcl still is the core language and server will always be linked to 
Tcl library. And we still have problem with Tcl initialization.

Vasiljevic Zoran wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> There is this tiny sexy little thing on www.lua.org.
> Did you guys have any close(r) encounters?
> Should I invest some more time/effort in that direction?
> Rationale is to have simpler and lower-weight script
> machine than what we have now. Also, threadingwise they
> claim to be able to make a shared/perthread state that
> would simplify lots of things (no need to introspect/clone
> interps and such). All resulting in a smaller footprint
> and faster execution.
> 
> I know we all use/love Tcl (we depend on it existentially)
> but it mostly pays off being flexible and open minded.
> I also know that we cannot refactor server to exclude Tcl
> altogether (as we depend on the cross-platform API that
> libtcl provides)...
> Still... do not crucify me immediately and tag me as a
> heretic! If anybody had any experience, being good or
> bad I'd love to hear them.
> 
> My first experience: download 5.1.3 Lua to my powerbook
> in 3 seconds, compile in 5 and I'm up and running :-)
> It is really lightweight! I yet have to see whhat is missing
> and what needs to be done by ourselves (most probably IO
> will be missing I guess; RE's as well).
> 
> Zoran
> 
> 
> 
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