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9-Jul-21 2:42

[praise mode]
The more I deal with Python, the more I appreciate Lua.
Thank you all, Lua creators.
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"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto

Slacker0079-Jul-21 3:10

Slacker007

9-Jul-21 3:10

Blizzard games World of Warcraft does most of their client UI code in Lua.

jsc429-Jul-21 3:55

jsc42

9-Jul-21 3:55

Hallelua ?

Richard MacCutchan9-Jul-21 4:17

9-Jul-21 4:17

Just looking at the demos and came across:

Lua

function Account:withdraw (v)
  if v > self.balance then error("insufficient funds on account "..self.name)
end
  self.balance = self.balance - v
end

CPallini9-Jul-21 4:25

9-Jul-21 4:25

I assume you picked that one on purpose. Poke tongue | ;-P

OOP support is not where Lua really shines, I know.

"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto

Richard MacCutchan9-Jul-21 5:28

9-Jul-21 5:28

No, I was just looking at some samples on the Lua site, and that was the third or fourth one that came up. I just found it confusing compared to all the other languages I have ever worked with. In 'normal' languages, the first end would be an else.

CPallini9-Jul-21 5:40

9-Jul-21 5:40

Quote:
In 'normal' languages, the first end would be an else.

In Lua it would be an else as well.
However, there is an error call that abruptly interrupts the instruction flow (it never returns, like the exit of the C programming language).

"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto

Richard MacCutchan9-Jul-21 5:54

9-Jul-21 5:54

I need to study more ...

CPallini9-Jul-21 5:58

9-Jul-21 5:58

I have to admit that is a rather unfortunate example (at least in my opinion).

"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto

Richard MacCutchan9-Jul-21 6:03

9-Jul-21 6:03

And I have to admit that I should do what I tell other people to do: first, study the language. Blush | :O

BillWoodruff11-Jul-21 0:50

BillWoodruff

11-Jul-21 0:50

I tell my students to study your posts Smile | :)

«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

Richard MacCutchan11-Jul-21 1:06

11-Jul-21 1:06

Mike Hankey9-Jul-21 5:43

Mike Hankey

9-Jul-21 5:43

I use LUA on the ESP platform along with NodeMCU.

The less you need, the more you have.

Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load?

JaxCoder.com

CPallini9-Jul-21 5:49

9-Jul-21 5:49

I use it almost everywhere.

"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto

Mike Hankey9-Jul-21 6:13

Mike Hankey

9-Jul-21 6:13

I used to have lua on my windows machine but just looked and I no longer have it? Never used it much on the PC because it didn't seem that polished and as I remember no GUI.

The less you need, the more you have.

Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load?

JaxCoder.com

Jon McKee9-Jul-21 12:09

Jon McKee

9-Jul-21 12:09

Whenever I mess around with Lua, I use the Visual Studio Code Lua plug-in by sumneko. I have nothing bad to say about it. Works like a charm.

Search CP by subject and dates

Mike Hankey9-Jul-21 12:19

Mike Hankey

9-Jul-21 12:19

Thanks I'll check it out

The less you need, the more you have.

Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load?

JaxCoder.com

pkfox9-Jul-21 1:03

pkfox

9-Jul-21 1:03

Hi all, is is possible to search for posts on here containing specific text in the subject and posted between certain dates ? I'm keeping a log of CCC clues recording who set and solved them and would like a list of all clues posted this year without having to trawl through everything.

Pseudo code

Select * from ccc
where subject = 'CCC'
and posted_date between 01-01-2021 and 09-07-2021

"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

Re: Search CP by subject and dates

Richard MacCutchan9-Jul-21 2:17