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Clx – compiler that turns Lua into native executable programs
Clx is an ahead-of-time compiler that translates standard Lua to C++20 code, which is then compiled into native executable programs with GCC, Clang, or MSVC. The latest version significantly improves performance and introduces better int64 support and ARM64 macOS compatibility, and can outperform both the interpreter and LuaJIT on some compute-intensive tasks.
WHY IT MATTERS
This is interesting for developers who want higher performance from Lua code without relying on LuaJIT, and it shows that modern C++ can serve as a practical and portable compiler backend for dynamic languages.
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