NetLua
Languages and libraries
lua interpreter
SHOW HN2013
61points
18comments
#421of 1,739 in 2013
Top 25%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Design: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Portability and security advantages of fully managed code
From 2 comments
There are a few advantages to being completely managed, rather than using native code. Portability (eg. mobile devices, different OSes), and functional code access security are…
mfenniak on HNTo expand on this... "So no native code is used." was probably somewhat misleading. More specifically, no native code is explicitly used. IL may be compiled down to e.g. x86-64,…
MaulingMonkey on HN
Objections
Existing NLua already offers Lua on .NET
From 2 comments
I'm a user of NLua[0]. Why would I switch to using this instead? [0] http://nlua.org/
acron0 on HNAs this post title says: "completely managed". NLua still relies on native code.
diego_moita on HN
Requests
Performance comparison with other implementations
From 1 comment
Would be cool to see performance comparison in future.
CmonDev on HN
Questions
Which Lua version is targeted
From 1 comment
Well done! Is it a specific version of Lua?
CmonDev on HN
Meaning of completely managed
From 2 comments
I'll be "that kid"... what does "completely managed" mean?
thinkpad20 on HNRuns entirely on the Common Language Runtime: the .NET VM. So no native code is used.
louthy on HN
How parser error reporting works
From 1 comment
Very interesting! I'm curious about the parser's error reporting for malformed input -- does it use Irony's default error reporting, or a custom solution? Are error reports good,…
mattfenwick on HN
Alternatives named
NLua
From 1 comment
I'm a user of NLua[0]. Why would I switch to using this instead? [0] http://nlua.org/
acron0 on HN
IronLua
From 1 comment
There's also IronLua, which is written in F#: https://ironlua.codeplex.com/
profquail on HN