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Re:Golua – A Lua 5.3 engine implemented in Go by Kubuxu on Friday November 16, 2018 @11:56AM (#18469931)
Another reason might be GC. They are probably using Go's GC for Lua. In Rust you would have to also write the GC.
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Re:Golua – A Lua 5.3 engine implemented in Go by stcredzero on Friday November 16, 2018 @02:53PM (#18471486)
They are probably using Go's GC for Lua.

That's quick and dirty. Dirty, because the way Go's GC is optimized is likely to be very unsuitable for Lua.

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Re:Golua – A Lua 5.3 engine implemented in Go by krylon on Monday November 19, 2018 @01:59PM (#18488753)
I am by no means an expert on that particular subject, but from what little I do know, both Go and Lua (the regular C version) have garbage collectors optimized for low latency; I may be wrong, but if I am not, it looks like a good match, doesn't it?
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