Re: ANN] Golua v0.2.0 (implementing Lua 5.5)

Nice to see Lua implemented in Go, which in my opinion is the true
successor* to C, not C++. I will take a look at it, great work Arnaud :)

*C is irreplaceable.

Augusto

On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 7:47 PM Arnaud Delobelle <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Thank you for your continued work on Lua!
>
> I've been maintaining a clean-room implementation of the Lua language
> and standard library in Go (https://github.com/arnodel/golua).  It
> started in 2017 when I decided to try and implement Lua 5.3 in Go,
> without consulting the Lua C source.  Today more than 8 years later,
> I'm releasing v0.2.0, which implements the Lua 5.5 language and its
> standard library.
>
> I know most of you might not use it, but I'm posting this with the
> hope that some of you might be pleased that someone did this.  It's
> been purely a labour of love (love of programming, and love of
> programming languages).  Think of it as a homage to Lua!  I've worked
> on it on and off, sometimes with help and encouragement from people
> who found a use for it, but mostly on my own and for my own enjoyment.
>
> Headline features
> - fully implements the Lua 5.5 language
> - implemented the Lua 5.5 standard library
> - easy to embed in Go programs
> - easy to extend with Go code
> - optionally provides "restricted execution environments" which allow
> you to run Lua code while guaranteeing bounded use of resources
> (memory, CPU, time, IO)
>
> Kind regards,
>
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> Arnaud Delobelle
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