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From: Jason at zx2c4.com (Jason A. Donenfeld)
Subject: cgit-lua: to jit or not to jit
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 03:22:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHmME9rVvWgqKbgQv0SycKDu=fkxdQKCRqA7=EoL9MMKpR1n4Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B0F514CB-B748-48EA-B771-D557DEA82913@gmail.com>

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 3:12 AM, Tim Hill <drtimhill at gmail.com> wrote:
> LuaJIT is currently compatible with Lua 5.1, not 5.2 or the upcoming 5.3, and my understanding is the LuaJIT project has now forked from mainstream Lua and will not be staying in sync with anything past 5.1, so I would expect over time the two to diverge.

AFAIK, LuaJIT supports 5.2 currently via the
-DLUAJIT_ENABLE_LUA52COMPA flag and mentions it here
http://luajit.org/extensions.html#lua52 . OTOH, their roadmap page
says:

> As I've previously said, Lua 5.2 provides few tangible benefits.
> LuaJIT already includes the major new features, without breaking
> compatibility. Upgrading to be compatible with 5.2, just for the
> sake of a higher version number, is neither a priority nor a
> sensible move for most LuaJIT users.

So I'm not sure what to think.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-01-14  2:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-14  1:25 Jason
     [not found] ` <CAF7MipWEwTYp2UJO8-kNoVDEK0mPCQFBay7pYeCZTrqKYevx6g@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]   ` <CAHmME9pAXcyxypr0ogh4Or1DR-NBcyxDMed0m9uyu=6h=uRt5Q@mail.gmail.com>
2014-01-14  2:16     ` Jason
2014-01-14 19:53       ` fw
     [not found] ` <B0F514CB-B748-48EA-B771-D557DEA82913@gmail.com>
2014-01-14  2:22   ` Jason [this message]
2014-01-14  2:37     ` andrew.starks
2014-01-14  2:51       ` Jason
2014-01-14  3:17         ` andrew.starks
2014-01-14  3:51         ` andrew.starks
2014-01-14  8:09           ` justin
2014-01-14 13:03           ` Jason
     [not found] ` <20140114023403.GA31401@wilbur.25thandClement.com>
2014-01-14  2:45   ` Jason
2014-01-14 20:41 ` ewmailing
2014-01-14 20:50   ` chighland
2014-01-14 20:50     ` chighland
2014-01-15  1:32       ` malkia

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