"Lua is super cool. Lua is great."

-- The Primeagen while being interviewed by @BrodieOnLinux

#Lua #vim #neovim #programming

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ThePrimeagen On Vim Superiority

If I get a chance to talk to ThePrimeagen I'm obviously going to have to ask him about why vim is so great and why he started using it in the first place. Full Episode: https://youtu.

^{Tech Over Tea | Invidious}

know it's not a fair comparison, but relative to JavaScript, I thoroughly appreciate that Lua moves slowly as a language. Severely reduces maintenance burden and it's more conducive to longer-applicable content (especially important in the context of learning).

The philosophy is probably best summarized by Roberto's talk, How Much Does It Cost

youtu.be/gXdS3IftP0Y

#javascript #lua

Lua Workshop 2017: How much does it cost? - Roberto Ierusalimschy (PUC-Rio / Lua.org)

How much does a feature cost in a programming language? Frequently, when people propose new features for a software, the most common metric is lines of code....

^YouTube