Re: Naked LUA

[Zomirp Cila <zomirp.cila@...>]

On 27-Jul-10 12:18, KHMan wrote:
> Zomirp Cila wrote:
> > I'm LUA fan for a decade now (introduced to me with Girder software) 
> > and this is the first time I think about porting.
> > Anyway... what I need is interpreter or script engine to run on 
> > various platforms with lowest footprint as possible, 16kB max.
>
> Others have made their reservations known... Number One question, what 
> microcontroller?
All of them :)
As I said, I want light diagnostic tool. The interpreter and script will 
be loaded at runtime in RAM then executed. Then execution will be 
returned back to original application.
> Lua needs a memory heap (in general), 32-bit integers (unless you're 
> willing to do a lot of whacking), and AFAIK anything with a few KBs of 
> SRAM has tons of Flash memory. If your part's Flash is so limited, 
> something more like a compiled-BASIC would be more appropriate.
>
> There has been attempts at a cut-down language etc, but it wouldn't be 
> complaint-Lua anymore.