Project Summary
Metalua is a language and a compiler which provide:
* Full compatibility with Lua 5.1 sources and bytecode: clean, elegant semantics and syntax, amazing expressive power, good performances, near-universal portability.
* A complete macro system, similar in power to what's offfered by Lisp dialects or Template Haskell; manipulated programs can be seen as source code, as abstract syntax trees, or as an arbitrary mix thereof, whichever suits your task better.
* A dynamically extensible parser, which lets you support your macros with a syntax that blends nicely with the rest of the language.
* A set of language extensions, all implemented as regular metalua macros.
In a Nutshell, Metalua...
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took an estimated 2 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in December, 2007
ending with its most recent commit over 11 years ago
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