From fa8d6035c594e8f4d6ced3ee51502c3885a63ef6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Baxter Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:32:46 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] Improve README.md again --- README.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a4d2199..18920eb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Callisto -A featureful extension runtime for Lua 5.4, using POSIX . +A featureful extension runtime for Lua 5.4, using POSIX APIs. Callisto is an extension to Lua that adds commonly-needed functions and features to the language, and includes a file library to manage @@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ and manipulate files, a process library to find active processes and manipulate signals, a socket and networking library using LuaSocket, and a JSON manipulation library *among many more*. +It is a standalone runtime designed for people using Lua as a +general scripting language, instead of using it embedded into +another application. + Before I made Callisto, I usually had to rely on three libraries: luaposix for basic file manipulation and other routines, lua-cjson for JSON parsing support and LuaSocket for networking.