Hacker News with Generative AI: Lua

Emilua is an execution engine. As a runtime for your Lua programs (emilua.org)
Emilua is an execution engine. As a runtime for your Lua programs, it’ll orchestrate concurrent systems by providing proper primitives you can build upon.
Programming, Lua, Runtime Environments, Concurrency
37 points by delduca 32 days ago | 4 comments
Show HN: Evolved.lua – An Evolved Entity Component System for Lua (github.com/BlackMATov)
Evolved ECS (Entity-Component-System) for Lua
Lua, Game Development, Programming Languages
55 points by blackmat 37 days ago | 16 comments
Pallene: A statically typed ahead-of-time compiled sister language to Lua, with (github.com/pallene-lang)
Pallene is a statically typed and ahead-of-time compiled sister language to Lua, with a focus on performance.
Programming Languages, Lua, Performance, Static Typing, Compilation
24 points by todsacerdoti 42 days ago | 3 comments
Teal – A statically-typed dialect of Lua (teal-language.org)
Teal is a statically-typed dialect of Lua.
Programming Languages, Lua, Static Typing
229 points by generichuman 43 days ago | 173 comments
Lua for Elixir (davelucia.com)
The first stable release of the Elixir library, Lua v0.1.0, has been released to hex.pm!
Elixir, Programming Languages, Lua
211 points by davydog187 45 days ago | 81 comments
Show HN: lsblk.lua: lsblk(8) for FreeBSD using Lua in base system (github.com/dbohdan)
lsblk.lua implements a FreeBSD command for listing block devices.
FreeBSD, Lua
6 points by networked 68 days ago | 2 comments
Why Fennel? (fennel-lang.org)
Fennel is a programming language that runs on the Lua runtime.
Programming Languages, Lua
277 points by behnamoh 75 days ago | 163 comments
Show HN: Lux – A luxurious package manager for Lua (mrcjkb.dev)
It’s time Lua got the ecosystem it deserves!
Programming, Lua, Package Management, Open Source
268 points by mrcjkb 81 days ago | 134 comments
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 95 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 126 days ago | 26 comments
Forth Dialect for Game Development, Targeting Lua (github.com/zeroflag)
Game Development, Programming Languages, Forth, Lua
4 points by attmag 129 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 130 days ago | 9 comments
Show HN: Modest – musical harmony library for Lua (github.com/esbudylin)
Music, Programming, Libraries, Lua
76 points by esbudylin 145 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 147 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 151 days ago | 3 comments
Highlighting Parts of Lua as Bash (xnacly.me)
Programming, Bash, Lua
22 points by xnacly 152 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 165 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 177 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 179 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 183 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 191 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 196 days ago | 119 comments
Why Smart C Coders Love Lua (realtimelogic.com)
Programming, Lua, C
11 points by willhschmid 220 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 220 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 244 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 292 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 296 days ago | 34 comments
Fast Lua Serialization (2023) (artemis.sh)
Lua, Performance, Serialization
87 points by synergy20 329 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 333 days ago | 74 comments
Bytecode Breakdown: Unraveling Factorio's Lua Security Flaws (memorycorruption.net)
Game Development, Security, Lua, Programming
466 points by memcorruption 363 days ago | 122 comments