Hacker News with Generative AI: Lua

Lua, a Misunderstood Language (2021) (andregarzia.com)
Lua is one of my favourite programming languages. I’ve used it to build a CMS for my old educational website, for creating cool IoT hardware projects, for building little games, and experimenting with network decentralisation. Still, I don’t consider myself an expert on it at all, I am at most a somewhat competent user.

Programming Languages, Lua, Personal Projects, Software Development

59 points by soapdog 10 days ago | 9 comments

Writing a DSL in Lua (2015) (leafo.net)
DSLs, or domain specific languages, are programming languages that are designed to implement a set of features specific to a particular problem or field. An example could be Make, the build tool, which is a specially designed language for combining commands and files while managing dependencies.

Programming Languages, DSLs, Lua

93 points by flykespice 41 days ago | 26 comments

Forth Dialect for Game Development, Targeting Lua (github.com/zeroflag)

Game Development, Programming Languages, Forth, Lua

4 points by attmag 45 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: MOS6502 in pure Lua running in WebAssembly (carimbo.run)
MOS6502 in pure Lua.

Programming, Lua, WebAssembly, Emulation

49 points by delduca 45 days ago | 9 comments

Show HN: Modest – musical harmony library for Lua (github.com/esbudylin)

Music, Programming, Libraries, Lua

76 points by esbudylin 61 days ago | 7 comments

Show HN: Ldump – serialize any Lua data (github.com/girvel)
ldump is a flexible serializer, able to serialize any data, starting with circular references, tables as keys, functions with upvalues, metatables and ending with coroutines, threads and userdata (by defining how they should be serialized). It outputs valid Lua code that recreates the original object, doing the deserialization through load(data)(). It aims for functionality and flexibility instead of speed and size, allowing full serialization of complex data, such as video game saves.

Lua, Programming, Serialization, Data Structures, Game Development

96 points by girvel 63 days ago | 41 comments

Show HN: Lua-libuv – A Lua with libuv experiments (github.com/joaoneto)

Programming Languages, Lua, Libraries, Networking

42 points by joaoneto 66 days ago | 3 comments

Highlighting Parts of Lua as Bash (xnacly.me)

Programming, Bash, Lua

22 points by xnacly 68 days ago | 1 comments

Programming in Lua (first edition) (2003) (lua.org)
This is the online version of the first edition of the book Programming in Lua, a detailed and authoritative introduction to all aspects of Lua programming written by Lua's chief architect.

Programming Languages, Lua, Books, Computer Science

95 points by rednafi 81 days ago | 61 comments

Prosody 0.12.5 released – An XMPP/Jabber server written in Lua (prosody.im)
We are pleased to announce a new minor release from our stable branch.

New Releases, XMPP, Lua, Jabber, Software

5 points by neustradamus 92 days ago | 0 comments

I made a tiny library for switches and sum types in Lua (github.com/alurm)
Minimalistic sum types and switches for Lua

Programming, Lua, Libraries, Software, Data Structures

83 points by alurm 95 days ago | 7 comments

Lua is so underrated (bearblog.dev)
The more I learn about Lua's design and implementation, the more impressed I am. It's very rare to see software that does so much with so little code.

Programming Languages, Lua, Software Design

321 points by nflatrea 98 days ago | 354 comments

Embedding Lua in Sqleibniz with Rust (xnacly.me)
I am currently writing a analysis tool for Sql: sqleibniz, specifically for the sqlite dialect.

Programming, Databases, Rust, Lua

59 points by xnacly 106 days ago | 2 comments

Luon programming language (github.com/rochus-keller)
Luon is a high-level programming language with a syntax similar to Oberon+, Oberon-07 and Oberon-2, integrating concepts from Lua, and targeting the LuaJIT VM.

Programming Languages, Lua, Oberon, LuaJIT

233 points by thunderbong 111 days ago | 119 comments

Why Smart C Coders Love Lua (realtimelogic.com)

Programming, Lua, C

11 points by willhschmid 135 days ago | 6 comments

A Walk with LuaJIT (polarsignals.com)
The following is a chronicle of implementing a general purpose zero-instrumentation BPF based profiler for LuaJIT.

Programming, Lua, Performance, Profiling, BPF

152 points by damir 136 days ago | 26 comments

SDL-based Lua programming environment for kids similar to Codea (github.com/antirez)
Load81 is an attempt at creating a Codea-inspired environment to teach children how to write Lua programs.

Programming, Education, Lua, Open Source

115 points by kristianp 160 days ago | 46 comments

The Fennel Programming Language (fennel-lang.org)
Fennel is a programming language that brings together the simplicity, speed, and reach of Lua with the flexibility of a lisp syntax and macro system.

Programming Languages, Lua, Lisp

235 points by tosh 207 days ago | 77 comments

LÖVR – A simple Lua framework for rapidly building VR experiences (github.com/bjornbytes)
A simple Lua framework for rapidly building VR experiences.

Virtual Reality, Lua, Game Development, Programming Frameworks

187 points by siegers 211 days ago | 34 comments

Fast Lua Serialization (2023) (artemis.sh)

Lua, Performance, Serialization

87 points by synergy20 244 days ago | 50 comments

Pallene: A statically compiled companion language for Lua (github.com/pallene-lang)

Programming Languages, Lua, Static Compilation

66 points by wsc981 249 days ago | 74 comments

Bytecode Breakdown: Unraveling Factorio's Lua Security Flaws (memorycorruption.net)