Lua on saoe: The Nifty Oddity

Calling a Lua/C++ function from C++/Lua code

info@saoe.net (Sascha Offe) — Sat, 03 May 2025 19:40:00 +0200

(Part 3 of my little series on “Lua”)

Another post in my series on how to use C++ with Lua; this time it’s about calling a function of one language from code of the other language.

A C++ program that calls a Lua script

info@saoe.net (Sascha Offe) — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:27:18 +0200

(Part 2 of my little series on “Lua”)

Alright, so after preparing Lua, here are a few small first step on how to make use of this language within a C++ context.

Building Lua (on Windows, with Visual Studio)

info@saoe.net (Sascha Offe) — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 21:01:40 +0200

(Part 1 of my little series on “Lua”)

Although one can get pre-built binaries of the Lua (programming language) interpreter, to me that seems to be just a semi-offical or lackluster way.
But luckily, building it yourself from source is very easy (especially with the help of this post from Dennis D. Spreen).