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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> writes:
> On 2024-04-16, David W. Hodgins <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>> Any linux distribution that supports use of rpm packages supports using lua as
>> the scripting language for package installations and removals.
>> https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rpmlua.8.html
>
> Oh, right, FreeBSD's pkg(8) also supports that:
> https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-lua-script
>
> Which brings us back to the very start of this thread: Is Lua a
> "scripting" language or a "programming" language?

I thought the conclusion of this thread is that there's no clear
distinction.

It's both.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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