Moonstone: Modern, cross-platform Lua runtime and package manager written in Zig

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nusaru•about 3 hours ago

I like the idea for this project, but not a huge fan of the AI-written docs.

Tiberium•about 2 hours ago

I don't think it's just the docs that are LLM written.

TheGoddessInari•about 1 hour ago

I try not to be negative, but this software seems bizarre. It's a Lua meta manager written in Zig, that calls itself cross platform (Linux / MacOS only), and depends on external gnu build tools, not even the native Zig portable retargeting llvm.

LLMs are usually too busy agreeing to push back on the ideas & details like this.

extrordinaire•6 minutes ago

More than one platform, different arch/ABI qualify as cross-platform, it is not stated as omni-platform... Zig CC (LLVM backed) is widely used across for materializing first-class C modules. It aims to leverage the Lua ecosystem then it is expected to rely on GNU tools for building legacy, already upstream and stablished LuaRocks packages, i.e. makefiles, or GCC dependent recipes. That is a pragmatic compatibility choice to use the existing Lua ecosystem out-of-the-box, while it is encouraged the use of moonstone native hermetic recipes (which rely on zig cc).

jackhalford•about 1 hour ago

What is the current state of the art lua toolchain? Lua is king for dsl embedded in other software.

Used it for world of warcraft scripting and openresty http rules, that’s a wide range.

Moonstone: Modern, cross-platform Lua runtime and package manager written in Zig

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