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swah
on April 26, 2011
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Why not Lua
I had the completely opposite experience when using Lua: tables felt like a great structure to base a language on.
cpeterso
on April 27, 2011
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Tables/dictionaries have been working great for Python and JavaScript, too. :D
meric
on April 27, 2011
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Python and Javascript has arrays, classes, too.
silentbicycle
on April 27, 2011
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Lua tables combine arrays and dictionaries, though. They have a dictionary-style interface, but basically, if you use consecutive integer keys, that portion of the dictionary is stored in an array with O(1) access and can be iterated in order.
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