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diff --git a/development/Fennel/README b/development/Fennel/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c34f0ae83c --- /dev/null +++ b/development/Fennel/README @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +Fennel is a programming language that brings together the speed, +simplicity, and reach of Lua with the flexibility of a lisp syntax and +macro system. + +* Full Lua compatibilty: Easily call any Lua function or library from + Fennel and vice-versa. +* Zero overhead: Compiled code should be just as or more efficient + than hand-written Lua. +* Compile-time macros: Ship compiled code with no runtime dependency + on Fennel. +* Embeddable: Fennel is a one-file library as well as an +* executable. Embed it in other programs to support runtime +* extensibility and interactive development. + +Anywhere you can run Lua code, you can run Fennel code. + +This require one version of Lua installed (lua, lua52, lua53, luajit): +Default support for all versions of Lua installed before build. +To specify which Lua versions: + export LUAVER="vers" + +"vers" must be one or more of "5.1 5.2 5.3 jit" in the right order +separated with space. + +After installation there are one or more fennel executable files for the +equivalent versions of Lua. + +To install compiled binary versions (experimental, only works with +lua5.2 or higher): + + export BINARY=yes + +Optional dependency: +* lua-readline +For history completion |