Show HN: NetLua – Completely managed .NET Lua

https://github.com/frabert/NetLua

by Bambo • 13 years ago

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acron0• 13 years ago

I'm a user of NLua[0]. Why would I switch to using this instead?

[0] http://nlua.org/

CmonDev3• 13 years ago

Are both portable class libraries? In case that matters.

diego_moita• 13 years ago

As this post title says: "completely managed".

NLua still relies on native code.

mfenniak• 13 years ago

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 two reasons that come to mind for me.

profquail• 13 years ago

There's also IronLua, which is written in F#: https://ironlua.codeplex.com/

CmonDev3• 13 years ago

Would be cool to see performance comparison in future.

CmonDev3• 13 years ago

Well done! Is it a specific version of Lua?

yarou• 13 years ago

Very interesting. If you don't mind me asking, how difficult was it to parse the grammar of Lua? I see you mention "Irony", but I've never heard of it. Is it a parser generator?

louthy2• 13 years ago

http://irony.codeplex.com/

thinkpad20• 13 years ago

I'll be "that kid"... what does "completely managed" mean?

louthy2• 13 years ago

Runs entirely on the Common Language Runtime: the .NET VM. So no native code is used.

bigdubs• 13 years ago

So, being pedantic, really it means you rely entirely on the GC for memory management. You can run unmanaged code on the CLR.

malkia• 13 years ago

Is the Irony parser also managed .net?

mattfenwick• 13 years ago

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, bad, or lacking in any way?

Bambo• 13 years ago

I've not had a chance to look too deep into it but if you find out let me know.

Show HN: NetLua – Completely managed .NET Lua

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