lunar_wave/README.md

LunarWaveVM is a Lua 5.4 virtual machine written in Rust.

![A star field with an orange crab-shaped nebula facing a dark purple moon with a bright magenta crescent.](pictures/lunar%20wave%20crab%20nebula.jpeg)

LunarWaveVM relies on the PUC-Rio implementation of `luac` to compile bytecode.

`cargo run -- --script test_vectors/fizz_buzz.lua`

```
1
2
3       Fizz
4
5       Buzz
6       Fizz
7

...
44
45      FizzBuzz
46
47
48      Fizz
49
50      Buzz
```

# Roadmap

- [x] Loading simple pre-compiled bytecode programs
- [x] Hash tables
- [x] Fizzbuzz
- [ ] Closures
- [ ] Garbage collection
- [ ] Long strings
- [ ] Using arrays internally for tables
- [ ] Compiling Lua source code to bytecode