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@adi yeah, I am sure most of us saw it on HN, and Lobste.rs, and Reddit, and just about any other techie website. Until I see a true practical use of it, it would not dazzle me at all. It is like running Linux in the browser, so what?
@david You could script a web page with Lua, not sure how fast it, not quite as impractical as Linux in the browser.
@adi But the 1-indexing of Lua would drive you nuts π You would make so many mistakes until you got used to the fact Arrays in Lua are 1-indexed π€£ #lua #web (bad idea)
@adi But the 1-indexing of Lua would drive you nuts π You would make so many mistakes until you got used to the fact Arrays in Lua are 1-indexed π€£ #lua #web (bad idea)
Not sure if bad idea tho.
@adi You try it and let us know! mkws + lua π
@adi You try it and let us know! mkws + lura π
@adi You try it and let us know! mkws + lua π
@adi Fucked if I know π
That's for you to work out mate π
@adi Fucked if I know π
That's for you to work out mate π
@adi I assume the same way you would use Lua in the browser, using Fengari. The idea is to mix that with HTML, no? There is where mkws comes handy.
@david I was _thinking_ more of just replacing /bin/sh with lua and getting mksws to use Lua as your "dynamic" parts of your SSG π
@david I was _thinking_ more of just replacing /bin/sh with lua and getting mksws to use Lua as your "dynamic" parts of your SSG π
@prologic We're discussing lua as an alternative to js in the browser.
@david I don't believe that's how you would use Lua in the browser with Fengari.
@adi I know that was the original discussion, but that's irrelevant because the only way that'll happen is one of either two ways: A port of Lua to Javascript (slow), transpiling Lua to Javascript (ala CoffeeScript, Dart, TypeScript, etc), or compiling the Lua interpreter to Web Assembly (which also requires a little JS to begin with).
So really I don't care π
Until Web Assembly becomes mainstream, this is all a moot point π
@adi I know that was the original discussion, but that's irrelevant because the only way that'll happen is one of either two ways: A port of Lua to Javascript (slow), transpiling Lua to Javascript (ala CoffeeScript, Dart, TypeScript, etc), or compiling the Lua interpreter to Web Assembly (which also requires a little JS to begin with).
So really I don't care π
Until Web Assembly becomes mainstream, this is all a moot point π
But probably, yeah, I'd just write JavaScript tho.
@adi I didn't even look π
That's how little I care about "Look at me, I got X working in a Web Browser". It's like those Quake or Doom ports to a Web Browser. I just don't care, they're fun and consume a lot of one's time, but they're kind of pointless exercises π€£
@adi I didn't even look π
That's how little I care about "Look at me, I got X working in a Web Browser". It's like those Quake or Doom ports to a Web Browser. I just don't care, they're fun and consume a lot of one's time, but they're kind of pointless exercises π€£
It's about as pointless as building a Turing Complete computer in the Game of Life or Minecraft. Cool and all, but utterly useless academic exercise.
It's about as pointless as building a Turing Complete computer in the Game of Life or Minecraft. Cool and all, but utterly useless academic exercise.
@adi Thank you πββοΈ I do my best work when I'm half asleep π€£
@adi Thank you πββοΈ I do my best work when I'm half asleep π€£
Pinch me, @prologic, I donβt believe my eyes tonight. Either this isnβt @adi, but a cousin, or sibling using his account, or he has converted to Buddhism and is trying to reach enlightenment. π
@adi So you're exclamation in #qdxzhnq:
> @prologic Great analogy!
Was entirely sarcastic?! π€¦ββοΈ I don't even know how to "socal"(ize) with you anymore π³
You _realize_ sarcasm without any kind of "emotion" or "indication" (however you choose to express that) is quite hard to pick up on right? π
@adi So you're exclamation in #qdxzhnq:
> @prologic Great analogy!
Was entirely sarcastic?! π€¦ββοΈ I don't even know how to "socal"(ize) with you anymore π³
You _realize_ sarcasm without any kind of "emotion" or "indication" (however you choose to express that) is quite hard to pick up on right? π
And no I'm not being sarcastic, I'm _actually_ a bit offended at your behaviour/attitude, it's kind of all over the place, you're kind of a hard person to get to know π’ (honest feedback)
And no I'm not being sarcastic, I'm _actually_ a bit offended at your behaviour/attitude, it's kind of all over the place, you're kind of a hard person to get to know π’ (honest feedback)
@prologic How am I responsible for how you feel?