Re: Dogfood released; an alternative for creating 'self running' Lua programs

[lyiriyah <oscar.wittamsnangle@...>]

Sounds really cool man, and I rate Manjaro!

Oscar

7 Aug 2020 18:46:28 Jasper Klein <jasper@klein.re>:

> Op vrijdag 7 augustus 2020 14:11:02 CEST schreef Marc Balmer:
>> Attached is my approach (in Lua land, everyone creates his own batteries...)
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> Your solution is much simpler than I've made with dogfood but luacc has less features . ;-)
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> Yes, there are many others.
> I like the srlua concept and after studying it, I got the idea for dogfood and decided to make it.
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>> Requires a C compiler.  Tested on macOS only....
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> Once dogfood is build, it doesn't require a compiler to build self contained Lua executables which is an advantage on platforms such as Windows.
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> On Github I found multiple projects, like luastatic, that build Lua executables in more or less the same way als luacc, by outputting C code that has to be compiled to have a self contained Lua executable.
> The resulting executable will launch faster by avoiding opening itself as a file and reading/seeking for the Lua parts as dogfood and srlua do.
> But on the other hand, when speed is really needed, Lua wouldn't probably be the right choice.
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> Dogfood was tested on Windows and Linux (Manjaro), but not on macOS. :-)
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> -- Jasper
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