luma

a minimal lisp/lua-like language

see intro.luma (or with highlighting) for an introduction to the language

usage

to compile the compiler:

• run ./build-compiler.sh from the src/ directory
• the built compiler is output to build/compile-luma-built.lua, and any diffs from build/compile-luma.lua are shown

to use in a project:

• copy src/prelude.luma and src/build/luma-compile.lua to a new directory
• compile your code with luajit luma-compile.lua <your-source>.luma <your-output>.lua
• run your compiled code with luajit <your-output>.lua

you can use regular lua instead of luajit, the output will differ slightly due to different string quotation behaviour

in case of an error, the raw lua backtrace is shown along with luma source locations to the right, where available

status

luma is still very experimental and might change a lot

some things i'd like to add:

• more tests in this repo
• more examples
• more and better error checking
• clearer class/object differentiation