6. Rationale
Extending C/C++ applications with a
configuration / scripting engine.
• Based on a virtual machine
• Can load source code / read char streams
• And compile it to portable bytecode
8. Rationale
Extending C/C++ applications with a
configuration / scripting engine.
• DSL building kit
• Provides only basic features
• And a powerful runtime
9. Gaining momentum
16th on Tiobe language index
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
19th on GitHub
http://github.com/languages/Lua
20. LDT Roadmap
Working with local interpreters
Add launch configuration
Supporting OOP
Management of require
Improvement of content-assist and scoping
LuaDoc support contribution
22. Useful links
Lua
• Main site http://lua.org
• Kepler project http://www.keplerproject.org/
LDT
• At Koneki http://www.eclipse.org/koneki/
• Update site http://download.eclipse.org/koneki/updates/
• Wiki http://wiki.eclipse.org/Koneki
• Mailing List https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/koneki-dev