Re: Online Lua IDE - is it a good idea?

[Alek Paunov <alex@...>]

On 06.02.2012 17:49, Axel Kittenberger wrote:
> Why not directly in the browser?

Just because of native modules and possibility to script in environment 
close to the project target one ...

> If a whole PC/Linux can be emulated in the browser:
> http://bellard.org/jslinux/
> It cant be so impossible for Lua.

It is possible: http://repl.it [1,2] (The code panel is C9 Ace of course 
;-))

> Reimplementing Lua VM in Javascript ist not a task done in a week. But
> it would be an awesome project. Like the Javascript PC/Linux emulator.
> Otherwise just run the vanilla Lua in the PC emulator.

I would not be surprised if someone clever hacker works on this right 
now :-).

[1] https://github.com/kripken/emscripten
[2] https://github.com/replit/repl.it