Looks like LUA is getting some press:
It’s sad that it is coming from a story like this.
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Indeed, shocking stuff [import]uid: 84637 topic_id: 27166 reply_id: 110312[/import]
I’m actually offended by the quote: “Lua is considered a kids language… All I see around that is built with Lua are games. I mean, the syntax is very simple.”
Kid’s language? Just because it’s primarily used in the development of video games, and kids mostly play video games? [import]uid: 6084 topic_id: 27166 reply_id: 110328[/import]
Yeah that part was a bit silly, Lua is accessible to people of all ages sure (kids for instance) but it is by no means a “kids language”. It is a serious language used by professional’s all over the world, the world of warcraft for instance uses it extensively also big games like grand theft auto make use of lua.
Ignorance on the articles author part I think [import]uid: 84637 topic_id: 27166 reply_id: 110331[/import]
>I’m actually offended by the quote
Look at the C# or Java and you will see why Lua is considered as “kids language” 
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I thought the article was poorly researched/written as well. When I read tech stories like that, I wonder if reporters are injecting misinformed opinions into every news story.
Regarding Lua vs Java, I’ve been programming in Java since the late 90’s, and working for the past 10 years as a Java developer. I don’t find Java much more complex than Lua. There are stupid things in Java that are complex when building a webapp (ie, fighting with Tomcat, navigating the vast API, putting up with whatever ORM software you choose or living without it.) but for the most part Java itself is only complex compared to Lua if you’re comparing the verbosity of the syntax or the size of the API’s that come with the language.
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That quote was from a stack overflow question about a web service. The article dated back to 2008 it looked like. If you google Lua game programming it comes up fairly high… The author did reference it with a link, which is good, but it is in no way related to the flame virus article.
>Look at the C# or Java and you will see why Lua is considered as “kids language”
Not sure if it’s you that would consider it so, but it’s a stupid opinion as well as silly comparison. Having an easy to use API and very readable syntax does not make something a “kid’s language”. It makes it ideal for rapid higher level development. It just makes some people feel better about themselves to call it a kid’s language since they don’t have to cycle through character arrays and pointers.
The reason why your comparison is silly is that you said C# =p [import]uid: 147305 topic_id: 27166 reply_id: 110351[/import]