The NBL is not going to be Javascript but Lua. It's got some of the same archite...

gaspard on Jan 26, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Next Big Language

The NBL is not going to be Javascript but Lua. It's got some of the same architectural strengths as Javascript (functions are first class citizens, closures, good scoping), it's very fast (LuaJIT), integrates well in any environment and is highly customizable. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1022560/subtle-difference... for some differences....

skariel on Feb 6, 2011 [–]

but LUA does not have any STATIC features. This is really essential for writing large apps.