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		mhd on Nov 10, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tir: A Mongrel2+Lua Micro-Framework "Lua is the closest scripting language to C" Hmm? Neither syntax nor semantics are really close to C, and considering the plethora of C and C-like script interpreters, this strikes me as a pretty odd statement. Or do you mean in regard to binding/FFI?

jgalvez on Nov 10, 2010 [–]

Binding, definitely.

pygy_ on Nov 10, 2010 | [–]

It is also minimalist yet powerful (environments and metatables can do wonders), and very consistent.

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