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cyber
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ChatGPT4 can now write entire applications
The language is Cyber, an embedable scripting language written in Zig: https://cyberscript.dev/
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Announcement: the Diatom programming language v0.6.0.alpha
Nice work! Iām always on the lookout for new Lua-likes as a prospective gamedev scripting language. Recently I came by one quite similar to Diatom called Cyber; well worth a look.
- Cyber 0.2 - Modules, gamedev, fast strings.
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Cyber 0.2 - A scripting language written in Zig.
Yeah that's weird. Definitely better than as though.
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Bog ā small, strongly typed, embeddable language
> more strongly typed alternatives
See also this list for comparison https://github.com/fubark/cyber/issues/6, if you dont want lua by a meta-compiler.
If you want non-allocating scripting for optimal performance (and io limited to what you provide as buffer), go for https://dascript.org/. I dont think there are currently other projects with that performance (+ also inspired by Zig).
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Cyber is a new language for fast, efficient, and concurrent scripting
From the GitHub page, here are some binary releases: https://github.com/fubark/cyber/releases
tl
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Ravi is a dialect of Lua, with JIT and AOT compilers
it's based off MIR, does it have something to do with https://mlir.llvm.org/ ?
for typed lua, there is another effort https://github.com/teal-language/tl in addition to the mentioned typescript approach: https://github.com/andremm/typedlua
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Lua Criticism Is Unwarranted
I had the pleasure of working with Lua 5.1 back in the late noughties. For me it's replaced Tcl whenever I want something I can configure above a C library. At the time I used it I found it quite nice but I'll also not forget the hours I wasted tracking down nil table corruptions which could have easily been caught by a type checker.
I had some hope that Luau https://luau-lang.org or Teal https://github.com/teal-language/tl would make things better but with the following example
function foo(x: number): string
- Why Fennel?
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Algebraic data types in Lua (Almost) post
I wonder why the author doesn't use Teal [0] - a typed dialect of lua.
[O] https://github.com/teal-language/tl
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Lua: The Little Language That Could
Check out Teal
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What's the deal with Fennel in Neovim?
There is already https://github.com/teal-language/tl, which is typed Lua. I think fennel exists to serve a different niche-- personally I use it not for any type features; I just like the syntax better, and others may find certain features like the macro system useful.
- Using Lua with C++
- Teal ā Type Hints for Lua
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Using other languages
There's also some languages made to compile straight to Lua: - MoonScript is the most popular Lua wrapper - it's built to be more Python-like, featuring indentation-based scopes, function calls without parentheses, lambda syntax, list comprehension, and much more. - Yuescript is a modern update to MoonScript that adds more features (I haven't used it myself, so I'm not entirely sure exactly how it differs from MS). - Teal is a version of Lua that adds static typing for better code standards.
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Bog ā small, strongly typed, embeddable language
Terra and Nelua are both very different in goals than Teal. Teal is literally gradual types integrated into Lua keeping as many of Lua's idioms as possible (to a fault[1]). Terra and Nelua are both very metaprogrammable systems programming languages. Nelua's goals are primarily to soften C's rough edges, comparable to something like Nim.
There's another one you missed in Pallene[2]. But again, it's goal was to optimize the stack sharing involved in using the C API. It also adds types though and maintains Lua idioms as much as possible.
[1]: https://github.com/teal-language/tl/discussions/339
[2]: https://github.com/pallene-lang/pallene
What are some alternatives?
nvim-cyber - Syntax Highlighting for the Cyber Scripting Language for NeoVim
luau - A fast, small, safe, gradually typed embeddable scripting language derived from Lua
extempore - A cyber-physical programming environment
OpenBBTerminal - Investment Research for Everyone, Everywhere.
ui-monorepo - ChainSafe Files & Storage UI Monorepo
packer.nvim - A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config
rpi-open-firmware - Open source VPU side bootloader for Raspberry Pi.
terra - Terra is a low-level system programming language that is embedded in and meta-programmed by the Lua programming language.
luaforwindows - Lua for Windows is a 'batteries included environment' for the Lua scripting language on Windows. NOTICE: Looking for maintainer.
bog - Small, strongly typed, embeddable language.
pallene - Pallene Compiler