Re: [ANN] CLX - Ahead-of-Time Lua 5.5 Compiler

That's a fair question.
The goal is not to intentionally exclude Lua features. In fact, CLX already 
supports essentially all Lua 5.5 syntax (including global, <const> and 
<close>) and most of the standard library.

The main unsupported areas today are features that fundamentally depend on 
runtime code generation or deep interpreter introspection, such as load(), 
loadfile(), dofile(), string.dump(), and most of the debug module.

The traditional Lua C API is also not supported, as CLX uses its own C++ 
API designed around the AOT execution model (CLX don't use any stack or VM 
internally)

Apart from these limitations, the goal is full Lua 5.5 compatibility.

Le lundi 22 juin 2026 à 07:13:02 UTC+2, bil til a écrit :

> Am So., 21. Juni 2026 um 17:17 Uhr schrieb <[email protected]>:
> > Support for most Lua 5.5 language features
>
> Please excuse a "lazy question" (I did not look at your project in
> detail, please excuse - currently too much different work):
>
> Which are the main features your project does NOT support?
>
> (because you do not like them / you think they are too cumbersome? or
> because the produce any severe problems in your project?)
>
> Am So., 21. Juni 2026 um 17:17 Uhr schrieb <[email protected]>:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > CLX is a new open-source ahead-of-time compiler for Lua 5.5.
> > CLX compiles Lua source code to standalone native executables through 
> modern C++20 toolchains (Clang, GCC, and MSVC).
> >
> > Current features include:
> >
> > Native standalone executable compilation
> >
> > Support for most Lua 5.5 language features
> >
> > Cross-platform support (Linux, Windows, and macOS)
> >
> > Lightweight runtime designed for AOT compilation
> >
> > C++ API for native modules
> >
> > Example projects (a fully playable Pong game and a Mandelbrot fractal 
> renderer)
> >
> > Recent benchmarks show consistent speedups over the standard Lua 
> interpreter and competitive performance with LuaJIT on a number of 
> workloads.
> >
> > The project is currently in beta and feedback is welcome.
> >
> > Website:
> > https://samyeyo.github.io/clx
> >
> > GitHub:
> > https://github.com/samyeyo/clx
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Samir Tine
> >
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