Creator of Lua: Scripting, Programming Languages, Predictions | Roberto Ierusalimschy
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Ryan Peterman interviews Roberto Ierusalimschy about the Lua programming language and its implications for the future of programming.
Roberto Ierusalimschy is the creator of the Lua programming language. I interviewed him about Lua's unique strengths, programming language design and predictions for how AI will impact programming languages. • My ergonomic keyboard project I mentioned, you can follow along here: https://read.compose.llc/ • The Kickstarter page for it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlpeterman/compose-simple-ergonomics-beautifully-done Podcast links: • YouTube: https://youtu.be/jCZnFKk6M9A • Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835 • Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/creator-of-lua-scripting-programming Thank you to this episode's sponsor for supporting my work: • WorkOS: makes your app Enterprise Ready with easy to use APIs to add SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and more in just a few lines of code, check them out at https://workos.com/ Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:43) What sets Lua apart (08:35) Comparing Lua with Python (13:04) Top book recommendation on language design (14:20) How JIT works and why it is hard (23:21) Compiling Python and interpreting C (30:31) How cross language calls work (36:58) Lua unique design decisions (51:17) Predictions for AIs…
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