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List:       lua-l
Subject:    Re: Relationship with "terra"?
From:       Coda Highland <chighland () gmail ! com>
Date:       2021-02-25 16:41:17
Message-ID: CAFE_sBGgUoh3=XQwWNAd4hZm7VyHRk2aNYZuYPm3YMh_AXGiBQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 12:49 AM mayuresh@kathe.in <mayuresh@kathe.in>
wrote:

> May I know the state of the relationship between "lua" and "terra" (
> http://terralang.org/)?
> If I've understood it right, "terralang" is currently an independent
> project, which raises the question of if in the future there's any chance
> that "lua" and "terra" might get merged!
>

Not a chance. As you say, it's an independent project. Lua is an embeddable
programming language interpreter. Terra is a compiled language that uses
Lua as a frontend. They serve completely different purposes and they're
maintained by unrelated groups. Merging them would be a disservice to the
vast majority of Lua users.

/s/ Adam

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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 12:49 AM <a \
href="mailto:mayuresh@kathe.in">mayuresh@kathe.in</a> &lt;<a \
href="mailto:mayuresh@kathe.in">mayuresh@kathe.in</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div \
class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">May I know the state \
of the relationship between &quot;lua&quot; and &quot;terra&quot; (<a \
href="http://terralang.org/" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">http://terralang.org/</a>)?<br> If I&#39;ve understood it right, \
&quot;terralang&quot; is currently an independent project, which raises the question \
of if in the future there&#39;s any chance that &quot;lua&quot; and &quot;terra&quot; \
might get merged!<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Not a chance. As you say, \
it&#39;s an independent project. Lua is an embeddable programming language \
interpreter. Terra is a compiled language that uses Lua as a frontend. They serve \
completely different purposes and they&#39;re maintained by unrelated groups. Merging \
them would be a disservice to the vast majority of Lua \
users.</div><div><br></div><div>/s/ Adam</div></div></div>



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