Monthly Archives: December 2003

Functions vs. Callable objects in Lua

Posted on 2003-12-20 by Gustavo Niemeyer

While working on Lunatic Python, I’ve understood that Lua does specific type checking with lua_isfunction() in some places where a callable type is expected. As a side effect, these places only accept a real Lua function when the callable object … Continue reading →

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Lunatic Python

Posted on 2003-12-14 by Gustavo Niemeyer

Lunatic Python is a two-way bridge between Python and Lua, allowing these languages to intercommunicate. Being two-way means that it allows Lua inside Python, Python inside Lua, Lua inside Python inside Lua, Python inside Lua inside Python, and so on. … Continue reading →

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APT-RPM Article

Posted on 2003-12-14 by Gustavo Niemeyer

I’ve written an article about APT-RPM to LWN, exposing features recently introduced in the software. Check it out!

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