I'd say it's even less capable. Shared hosting providers typically allow the use of Perl, Python, PHP, Tcl, Lua and sometimes other languages for CGI scripts. From what I can tell, this service limits you to Lua only.
Definitely! Just as a shared hoster is less capable than running your own VM and a cash register is less capable than a laptop. That doesn't mean those things aren't useful. :-)
I'd say that most of the time, people are more productive with more specialized tools if the tool happens to specialize in what they're trying to do.
smarx|11 years ago
I'd say that most of the time, people are more productive with more specialized tools if the tool happens to specialize in what they're trying to do.