edubart/nelua-lang

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Nelua is a minimal, statically-typed, meta-programmable systems programming language inspired by Lua that compiles to C and native code. It targets performance-sensitive applications such as game engines and real-time systems, with compile-time metaprogramming implemented in Lua.

Use cases

• write a systems programming language with Lua-like syntax
• compile Lua-flavored code to efficient C and native binaries
• build performance-sensitive games or real-time applications
• do compile-time metaprogramming to generate classes and generics
• write low-level code with manual memory management and pointers
• replace C with a simpler statically typed language

When to choose

• you know Lua and want C-level performance with familiar syntax
• you need optional garbage collection and manual memory control
• you want powerful compile-time metaprogramming via Lua preprocessor code
• you are building games or real-time software where interpreter overhead is unacceptable

When to avoid

• you need a stable, production-ready language - Nelua is in alpha
• you rely on Lua features not yet implemented like closures, exceptions, or dynamic tables
• you need broad ecosystem, package managers, or library support
• you want a language with large community and long-term guarantees

Facets

cli-tool · maturity experimental

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