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minus-squaregraduallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYeah, I remember using LUA back in the day for gmod. Hands down one of the shittiest languages I ever touched, right down there with PHP. Really puts into perspective how stupid developers can be when deciding the tools that they use.
minus-squarevala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoHot take. Lua is an industry standard for a reason. The syntax isn’t great. But the reference implementation of Lua is under 500kb, very easy to embed and very fast.
Yeah, I remember using LUA back in the day for gmod.
Hands down one of the shittiest languages I ever touched, right down there with PHP.
Really puts into perspective how stupid developers can be when deciding the tools that they use.
Hot take.
Lua is an industry standard for a reason. The syntax isn’t great. But the reference implementation of Lua is under 500kb, very easy to embed and very fast.