On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Tom Oehser wrote:
> > A bit closer to what <insert favorite deity> intended :-)
>
> Closer to what I (as a Java programmer) would think is ideal, also, but
> not valid Lua, more is the pity. In Lua, "if" requires "then" and "end",
> blocks must use "do" and "end" not curly braces, there unary not must be
> "not" rather than "!", the logical or must be "or" rather than "||". I
> have to admit I am with you that C is the One True Language, certainly
> awk (considering the source, no suprise) is more C like then Lua.
Sorry I wasn't totally clear: I figure we change it's syntax to
something more intiutive to current-day-programmer. It's almost a simple
one-one change.
Please tell me if this would be a problem, I'll look into doing it (or
not) in an hour or so.
//Björnen.
