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*Programming in Lua* Book Available Online
September 09, 2004 08:57 PM
Hopefuly this isnt a repost...
The Book "Programming in LUA" is now available online:
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Enjoy, and please consider buying a copy.
11,263
September 10, 2004 10:40 AM
T'is a top book, I've had a copy for a couple of weeks now, certainly improved my understanding of Lua a great deal, well worth the money.
136
September 17, 2004 02:39 PM
My copy shipped yesterday! :)
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September 21, 2004 11:59 AM
Nice book, I hardly knew anything about lua but that book is a good introduction. The multiple return values/ multiple assignments/ variable argument system is way cool. Does anyone know how these mystical 'tables' that work efficiently at different sizes are implemented? Binary trees? Growing hash tables?
September 21, 2004 12:19 PM
Probably a balanced tree, like C++ uses in std::map. The Lua source code is open though, so why not take a look for yourself?
182
September 21, 2004 02:02 PM
> The Lua source code is open though, so why not take a look for yourself?
Probably because I am lazy. No actually that is a good idea. The guy who wrote the book (that is the guy who designed the language, right?) makes those tables sound like they solve all our problems. I'm curious. They are used in neat ways, I wouldn't have thought 'everything is a table' was a viable way to design a language.
Probably because I am lazy. No actually that is a good idea. The guy who wrote the book (that is the guy who designed the language, right?) makes those tables sound like they solve all our problems. I'm curious. They are used in neat ways, I wouldn't have thought 'everything is a table' was a viable way to design a language.
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September 21, 2004 09:17 PM
Lua tables are implemented as a hash table and an array. The array is used to store non-sparse integral keys, while the hash table is used for everything else.
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