Re: Targeting the Lua VM

[Ketmar Dark <ketmar@...>]

hello, "Ernst Rohlicek jun." <ernst.rohlicek@reflex.at>.

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:30:28 +0200
"Ernst Rohlicek jun." <ernst.rohlicek@reflex.at> wrote:

> Since Lua internally uses a VM, is it made for / possible to target
> the VM with another language - ie. "compile" Python / Ruby / etc.
> code into the Lua bytecode format? (even when some intermediate code
> would be required for the according semantics)? - Is the Lua VM
> general enough for this?
everithing is possible, but some things has no sence. %-) i think that
`supplementary' code will turn this idea into fat and slow monster. the
Lua VM is targeted on Lua and the authors never makes it `general
VM' afaik.

but this is interesting project anyway. %-)