git: 7fe035e4c1 - main - developers-handbook: mention Lua and flua

From: Ed Maste <emaste_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 20:04:18 UTC
The branch main has been updated by emaste:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=7fe035e4c1422f1f859c5c9a8d482cb04892cf24

commit 7fe035e4c1422f1f859c5c9a8d482cb04892cf24
Author:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-05-20 22:51:39 +0000
Commit:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-05-21 19:21:09 +0000

    developers-handbook: mention Lua and flua
    
    Reviewed by:    imp, bapt
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
    Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D45281
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 .../content/en/books/developers-handbook/tools/_index.adoc         | 7 +++++++
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diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/developers-handbook/tools/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/developers-handbook/tools/_index.adoc
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--- a/documentation/content/en/books/developers-handbook/tools/_index.adoc
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@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ It is an excellent tool to work with when teaching programming to smaller age gr
 +
 The latest version of Logo for FreeBSD is available from the Ports Collection in package:lang/logo[].
 
+Lua::
+Lua is a lightweight embeddable scripting language.
+It is widely portable and relatively simple.
+Lua is available in the Ports Collection in package:lang/lua[].
+It is also included in the base system as [.filename]#/usr/libexec/flua# for use by base system components.
+Third party software should not depend on [.filename]#flua#.
+
 Python::
 Python is an Object-Oriented, interpreted language.
 Its advocates argue that it is one of the best languages to start programming with, since it is relatively easy to start with, but is not limited in comparison to other popular interpreted languages that are used for the development of large, complex applications (Perl and Tcl are two other languages that are popular for such tasks).