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author | Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-05-19 10:44:11 +0000 |
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committer | Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-05-19 10:44:11 +0000 |
commit | 4e942b64191e2ef98dce2c5af31047a8640db768 (patch) | |
tree | 8c3238b7f0cbec2e9210d52f562960bb22323a7d /lang/lua53 | |
parent | 1d1f878054efdd1171a8cb006e59ad0727610293 (diff) | |
download | ports-4e942b64191e2ef98dce2c5af31047a8640db768.tar.gz ports-4e942b64191e2ef98dce2c5af31047a8640db768.zip |
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diff --git a/lang/lua53/pkg-descr b/lang/lua53/pkg-descr index d0ed8afbd09c..924e04a7b9e5 100644 --- a/lang/lua53/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/lua53/pkg-descr @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ combines simple procedural syntax (similar to Pascal) with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, interpreted from bytecodes, and has automatic memory management with garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, -scripting, and rapid prototyping. +scripting, and rapid prototyping. A fundamental concept in the design of Lua is to provide meta-mechanisms for implementing features, instead of providing a host of features directly in @@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ the language. For example, although Lua is not a pure object-oriented language, it does provide meta-mechanisms for implementing classes and inheritance. Lua's meta-mechanisms bring an economy of concepts and keep the language small, while allowing the semantics to be extended in unconventional -ways. Extensible semantics is a distinguishing feature of Lua. +ways. Extensible semantics is a distinguishing feature of Lua. Lua is implemented as a small library of C functions, written in ANSI C, and compiles unmodified in all known platforms. The implementation goals are -simplicity, efficiency, portability, and low embedding cost. +simplicity, efficiency, portability, and low embedding cost. WWW: http://www.lua.org/ |