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

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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 HN
    • To 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 HN
    • As 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
  • Meaning of completely managed

    From 2 comments
    • I'll be "that kid"... what does "completely managed" mean?
      thinkpad20 on HN
    • Runs 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

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