Shougo himself. :) That's great, you can answer Marc's questions about NeoBundle much better than me.
And I agree with your opinion about Lua, it is small enough to include it in Vim. Quite an impressive little language. Marcel Boon On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Shougo <[email protected]> wrote: > > 1. Drop support for anything except Python (including vimscript) > >Reason: > >Take it from me, nobody wants to start using an editor & wants to know > that, due to some compile time events, they can't use this plugin. I wanted > to install Command-T plugin & came to know that, I can't install it, > because I don't have +ruby in my vim. It sucks. > >Dropping Vimscript support may be the toughest job, but think of it. Do > you feel in your heart that, there's anyone on earth, who honestly want to > program in vimscript? Is there anything, that can be done in vimscript, but > can't be done in python? By loosing vimscript, you will be losing many > years of plugin development. But look at the bright side. I feel a little > bit frustrated, when I see the plugin I am going to use, was last developed > 3 years before(Though it works better than anything else I have used). > Losing vimscript, you are bringing a revolution in development. If you are > thinking no plugin will be developed, take a look at sublime text & see how > fast it has caught up with emacs & vim. > > Vim must not drop support of Vim script. > Because, Vim must have backward compatiblities. > If Vim drop it, Vim will be not Vim(it is Vim like another editor). > And the suggestion is too hard work. > > If Vim supports another default script language, I think Lua is better. > Yes, Python is good language and has good libraries. > But it is too huge as default built-in language. > Lua is small, fast, and available most of architectures. > > So the "I think xxx is better default script language than VimL" is like > the editor war. > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "vim_dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vim_dev/drZDXZmYBsY/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
