[NTLK] NewtonScript and Lua

[Andre Garzia]

Hey Folks,

I know Lua to a good intermediate level (whatever that means, I'm not a
newbie but I'm definitely not an expert). Feel free to ping me if you need
anything.

Best
Andre

On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 at 20:24, George Goodman <georgeogoodman at orgoodman.net>
wrote:

> My hand is up as a NewtonScript and Lua Dummy!
>
> george g.
>
> > On 01Mar2022, at 7:35 AM, Pawel Piotrowski <newton at indigi.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > I dream about some workshops about Programming 101 for Dummies. I would
> be more than happy to organise some online event, if some programmer would
> have a will to carry on a few lesson. And I think if we could gather a few
> potential students, we could even rise some money to pay to our tutor :)
> >
> > Anyone interested?
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Pawel
> >
> >
> >
> >> On 1 Mar 2022, at 14:21, Matthias Melcher <m.melcher at robowerk.de>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Just a hint for future NewtonScript programmers :-) . The language
> "Lua" is based on the same concepts as NewtonScript.
> >>
> >> Both languages were developed around the same time, and both have
> almost the same features. The main difference is, that Lua is now a quite
> popular language with a ton of support on the 'net. It's tiny (as is
> NewtonScript) and interfaces easily with many other languages.
> >>
> >> Lua today is often used in games where the main game engine is high
> efficient C and C++ code that is optimised and hard and time consuming to
> compile and build. Lua OTOH is a script language, and scripts can be easily
> modified without the need to compile or build anything. This gives an
> extremely fast turn-around time, so Lua is used for character behaviours,
> and overall game strategies.
> >>
> >> It's the same on our MPs: the hard graphics work is done in C/C++ in
> the ROM, but the easier stuff, strategies, databases, user experience, is
> done in NewtonScript. And as with any script language, Lua and NS can
> generate and run their own script code.
> >>
> >> So, if you find the NewtonScript documentation outdated and difficult
> to read, and don't feel like fuzzing with NTK on an emulator, but you still
> want to learn a programming language, then Lua may be a great start.
> >>
> >> There is tons of documentation, many YouTube videos, and many resources
> all over the web. Heck, Lua even interfaces to the GUI library FLTK, so you
> can build your own graphical applications as well.
> >>
> >> And I promise you, if you understand Lua, moving to NewtonScript is
> super easy (barely an inconvenience...), and you will be writing Apps for
> our Gren Friend in no time.
> >>
> >> - Matthias
> >>
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