urn

Yet another Lisp variant which compiles to Lua (by SquidDev)

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  • Using other languages
    6 projects | /r/ComputerCraft | 8 Feb 2023
    There's many different languages that can compile to Lua: - TypeScript is probably the most well-known and most compatible language for Lua. The TypeScriptToLua compiler lets you compile TypeScript code into Lua with a mostly 1:1 conversion. You can use the @jackmacwindows/craftos-types and @jackmacwindows/cc-types NPM packages to add typing declarations for CraftOS APIs and modules. Alternatively, use my template repo for a more ready-to-go setup. - Haxe was built with compilation to Lua in mind, and so you can write code for it and have it run just fine in CC. There's some declarations for it available online, and I also have my own typing set for it (which I should really upload somewhere - DM me if you want it for now). - C# can also compile to Lua, but it's a bit tough to get working right in CC, as it has a huge default library and abuses the global table in a way that CC has trouble with. However, it's possible to use, and I've gotten it working in the past (unfortunately, I don't know how anymore). - Urn is a Lisp dialect that was built by two CC devs and was designed to run in CC. However, I wouldn't recommend it unless you're good with functional programming.
  • C-Lisp Implementations for microcontrollers?
    4 projects | /r/lisp | 1 Dec 2021
    Also, if the microcontroller you're working with is an ESP32 chip, you may be able to use use one of the lisp-to-Lua transpiled languages (urn or fennel) with something like Lua RTOS or NodeMCU. Not entirely sure how well this works in practice, but in theory it should be possible. Of the two, Fennel's probably more likely to behave well when used like this because it's more like a thin translation layer on top of Lua, but Urn's probably going to feel more comfortable to use because it feels like this weird mix of CL and Racket design.
  • Interesting or distinctive lisps?
    13 projects | /r/lisp | 29 Nov 2021
    Urn Lisp, A Lisp implementation on top of Lua: https://urn-lang.com
  • Trying Fennel for GTK apps and it's surprisingly good
    5 projects | /r/lisp | 20 Sep 2021
    For Lua-based lisps I kind of prefer Urn, which is more batteries-included and just feels better to me overall. Both are interesting though, if for no other reason, because Lua desperately needs macros in some form. :) Another interesting Lisp transpiled language is Amulet, which is an ML-style language somewhere between Haskell and OCaml in style. Something that's interesting about these Lua-based languages to me is they understand that Lua's an embeddable language and most of them have a way to generate Lua output that can be used wherever Lua's used, like in game modding
    5 projects | /r/lisp | 20 Sep 2021
    I don't know how much of reloading you need. I did something like that many moons ago. See here: https://github.com/SquidDev/urn/issues/12
  • Urn for CC?
    2 projects | /r/ComputerCraft | 28 Jul 2021
    Clone Urn: wget run https://gist.githubusercontent.com/SquidDev/e0f82765bfdefd48b0b15a5c06c0603b/raw/clone.lua https://github.com/SquidDev/urn.git (or similar)
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SquidDev/urn is an open source project licensed under BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License which is an OSI approved license.

The primary programming language of urn is Common Lisp.

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