Re: Any documentation on Lua's bytecode instruction set or VM?

[Joe Wilson <developir@...>]

I realize that the Lua VM may not be general purpose and the 
task may not be easy, but even still, I was wondering if the
VM is documented anywhere.

--- Rob Kendrick <lua-l@nun.org.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 23:49, Joe Wilson wrote:
> > I'm thinking about writing a Javascript-like front end 
> > for the Lua VM.  Is there a definitive guide to Lua's
> > bytecode instruction set, or is this a case of 
> > "Use The Source, Luke"?
> 
> The usual answer to this is that Lua's VM is not a general purpose one,
> and is designed strictly for executing Lua, and writing compilers for
> other languages is tricky at best.



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