Linus Lee

My research investigates the future of knowledge representation and creative work aided by machine understanding of language . I prototype software interfaces that help us become clearer thinkers and more prolific dreamers.

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Interesting things about the Lua interpreter (2020)

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The Lua programming language is unusual among its peers. It’s a dynamically typed, scripting language with a really small core (100-200kB), but runs efficiently, has far simpler semantics than other similar languages, and is just as old as the giants like JavaScript, Python, and Ruby – first made in a research lab…