From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA01957; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:41:17 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA01488 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:41:16 +0100 (MET) Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA20596 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 20:51:40 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail.eecs.harvard.edu ([140.247.60.24]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id gBIJpdn07680 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 20:51:40 +0100 (MET) Received: from labrador.eecs.harvard.edu (labrador.eecs.harvard.edu [140.247.60.247]) by mail.eecs.harvard.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A49554C68F; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:51:39 -0500 (EST) To: "Dan Andersson" Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocaml embedded scripting language In-Reply-To: Message from "Dan Andersson" of "Tue, 17 Dec 2002 22:27:07 +0100." <3DFFA4BB.726.E91115F@localhost> References: <15870.57917.942590.759421@hector.lesours> <3DFFA4BB.726.E91115F@localhost> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:51:39 -0500 From: Norman Ramsey Message-Id: <20021218195139.4A49554C68F@mail.eecs.harvard.edu> Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > Lua is a great embedded language. I use it myself. But Forth is always my first > choice for embedded languages. Lua 2.5 is a very, very old version. It will most > probably be more than satisfactory. But the spanking new 5.0 beta is much more > powerful. Indeed. But just trying to keep up with those guys is a challenge. I chose Lua 2.5 as a reasonable point at which to make apples-to-apples comparisons of implementations... Version 2.5 really is quite a nice language, and I've added the reference manual to our repository. Norman ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners