Why Lua?

I have experimented with Lua in the past, liked it, and thought it might be a good choice for application scripting on a small Asterisk embedded appliance with limited resources. But I assumed mainstream users on larger platforms would want to reach for the more familiar PHP or Python.

I also suspect the web integration libraries might be more complete and mature with PHP and Python, which might be important for some telephony server applications.

I am a fan of Lua, but I wonder what makes it the lead horse for scripting FS applications?

Jim

----- Original Message ----
From: Michael Collins <mcollins@fcnetwork.com>
To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 11:36:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] XML based IVR

That was an elegant, well-thought out, lucid, and professional reply to my childish ranting… J

That being said, it looks like Lua is the lead horse in the most-favored scripting language for FS apps. Still, anything that can be embedded can be used. If you know of Ruby, PHP, or Erlang experts who can help with the challenges of embedding then I’m sure the FS devs would love to hear from them.

-MC

From: freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of EdPimentl
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 11:15 AM
To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org
Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] XML based IVR

It is all about choices.
We are glad to see JS support.
The thought of languages such as PHP, Ruby, or Erlang are just progressive alternative to enhance what is already a superior and compelling platform.

Best regards,
-E