Hi Matt,
I was just checking out Lua for the first time. It seems to have a very small footprint compared to python.
Which one do you prefer? How difficult or time consuming will it be to change out mini basic with something else? I really don't know how many end users will bother with scripting. Does it make a lot of sense to change it out?
I came across these examples for a "Hello World" type program but changed to "Hello You"
Basic
10 REM Sinclair BASIC
20 INPUT "What is your name? "; LINE a$
30 PRINT "Hello ";
Javascript
<script language="javascript">
var a = prompt('your name:' ,'');
document.write('Hello ' + a);
</script>
Python
# python implementation
name = raw_input("What is your name? ")
print " Hello %s, how are you?" % (name)
Lua 5.0
-- Luna 5.0
io.write ( "What's your name?\n" );
io.write ( "Hello ", io.read(), ".\n" );
They all make sense to me, but picking one out as the best???
Cheers
Rick R.