lua-cmake
piccolo
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CMake | Rust | |
MIT License | Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal |
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lua-cmake
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Lua: Good, Bad, and Ugly Parts
Lua is a very nice piece of technology. Its source code is pretty easy to get into, the documentation is complete.
It has its quirks yes, but if I need to add scripting to a software, I'd consider Lua before considering writing a DSL, simply because you can pretty much embed Lua's source in your C/C++ software as a static library[0].
The stack-based approach makes it so easy to interact with C/C++, and I've been looking at the Rust bindings[1] recently out of curiosity, looks promising.
[0] - https://github.com/lubgr/lua-cmake
piccolo
- Piccolo – experimental Lua VM implemented in pure Rust
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Lua: The Little Language That Could
There's Lua implementation [1] in pure Rust, by the way.
[1] https://github.com/triplehex/piccolo
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Do Rust and Lua work well together?
The rust ecosystem is doubling down on wasm with little to no focus on lua (some would even prefer to build their own programming language) that doesn’t mean lua is pretty bad for the rust ecosystem it’s just that there’s no much focus as to compared to wasm Example I noticed is https://github.com/kyren/luster
- Writing a minimal Lua implementation with a virtual machine from scratch in Rust
- Lua: Good, Bad, and Ugly Parts
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Scripting Languages of the Future
Tossing my hat in for Passerine [1]. Gorgeous ML inspired syntax. Built for scripting Rust applications.
Dreaming here: Lua is a fantastic scripting language, but the Rust FFI isn’t as ergonomic as it could be. Enter Luster [2], which is basically LuaJIT rewritten in Rust.
Embedding a scripting language in a Rust application gives you tons of power (e.g. scripting Rust structs from Lua [3]), and setting this up isn’t terribly difficult.
[1] https://github.com/vrtbl/passerine
[2]: https://github.com/kyren/luster
[3]: https://git.sr.ht/~ioiojo/kiwi
What are some alternatives?
fengari - 🌙 φεγγάρι - The Lua VM written in JS ES6 for Node and the browser
passerine - A small extensible programming language designed for concise expression with little code.
luau - A fast, small, safe, gradually typed embeddable scripting language derived from Lua
lua-lockbox - A collection of cryptographic primitives written in pure Lua
moonsharp - An interpreter for the Lua language, written entirely in C# for the .NET, Mono, Xamarin and Unity3D platforms, including handy remote debugger facilities.
mlua
empirical-lang - A language for time-series analysis
rlua - High level Lua bindings to Rust
gopher-lua - GopherLua: VM and compiler for Lua in Go