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Unisay / purescript-lua-example

Example project to demonstrate usage of the purescript-lua compiler backend
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Downloading and building GHC takes long time during first `nix develop` #3

Closed Renegatto closed 1 year ago

Renegatto commented 1 year ago

Solution: suggest substitutes that has that GHC cached, so user may configure their nix in a way that GHC building step will be omited.

Unisay commented 1 year ago

Hey, thanks for the feedback!

Indeed, I've noticed that initial build takes a long time, but haven't had time to address it yet. I am working on finalizing inliner functionality, once its done I'd be back considering improvements for the example etc.

Btw, @Renegatto do you have an interest in PS -> Lua compilation? I didn't advertise this backend yet (at all) and was planning to do it once I have a bit more confidence in its completeness. It's 98% there, but I am still discovering bugs. Do you have interest in getting involved or you'd like to use it somehow? I am curious to learn about your interest.

Cheers!

Renegatto commented 1 year ago

Hey! I wanted to use this project to compile Purescript program to Lua, for minecraft ComputerCraft mode. However, ended up writing own base and using tstl:

Purescript -> JS -> process with haskell scripts -> tstl -> incorrect lua -> process with haskell scripts -> correct lua

I really wish this project to get into usable state.

Renegatto commented 1 year ago

@Unisay if there are something that should be done to make it usable, I'd suggest to create tasks so people could contribute.

Unisay commented 1 year ago

@Unisay if there are something that should be done to make it usable, I'd suggest to create tasks so people could contribute.

This is a valid point, thank you!

Unisay commented 1 year ago

I've added the Cachix binary nix cache:

cachix use purescript-lua

should configure your environment to use the cache, thus avoiding compiling a lot of dependencies.

I really wish this project to get into usable state.

@Renegatto please give the project a try for your use-case, its in a early-usable state. I'd be happy to hear back about your results!