alt Hacker NewsThis is a transpiler. Luau is a completely different language and runtime.
It’s part of the big three Lua syntax flavours: Teal (Typescript-y), Fennel (Lisp-y), Moonscript (Ruby-ish)
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embedding-shape • yesterday at 1:16 PM
> Fennel (Lisp-y),
For all (most?) intents and purposes, Fennel is lisp-language, not just lisp-y. It's Clojure-y if anything, which makes sense considering the creator of Fennel.
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choo-t • yesterday at 7:40 PM
> (Ruby-ish)
Thanks for the chuckle.
LoganDark • yesterday at 2:40 PM
They both have type systems and such. The comparison doesn't have to be about the compilation/transpilation process, but the developer experience is still important.
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There is another one, which is not a transpiler: https://github.com/rochus-keller/luon