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Alternative Scripting Language to Lua?
I would like to add scripting support to an applications and with plenty scripting languages available I am a bit overwhelmed.
At first I thought about Python but I guess Python is a little too big ...
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Should extension scripts be run in a sandbox?
In particular, this is about game extensions written in lua (luajit-2.0). I was contemplating whether I should restrict what these scripts can do, and arrived at the conclusion that I probably ...
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What does (Lua) game scripting mean?
I've read that Lua is often used for embedded scripting and in particular game for scripting. I find it hard to picture how it is used exactly.
Can you describe why and for which features and for ...
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Why Python and not Lua?
Why has Python been backed by google and become so rapidly popular and Lua has not?
Do you know why Lua has stayed in background?
