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Re:Show HN: A statically typed, cross-platform, easily boots... by Panzerschrek on Saturday July 04, 2026 @01:57AM (#48782979)
Using Lua is a fatal flaw. As a C++ programmer I don't want to learn yet another language for a build system.
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Re:Show HN: A statically typed, cross-platform, easily boots... by skybrian on Saturday July 04, 2026 @02:08AM (#48783023)
The build files aren’t written in Lua. It defines its own language.

The user’s guide seems like the place to start:

https://github.com/rochus-keller/BUSY/blob/main/docs/The_BUS...

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Re:Show HN: A statically typed, cross-platform, easily boots... by Panzerschrek on Saturday July 04, 2026 @02:59AM (#48783232)
It's even worse. Learning Lua may be at least a little bit useful for other tasks. Learning some language specific for this tool is just waste of time.
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Re:Show HN: A statically typed, cross-platform, easily boots... by kosolam on Saturday July 04, 2026 @04:01AM (#48783565)
Looks like here lua vm is used as the basis for the project itself not as the language u write your builds with
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