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richrichardsson 8 hours ago

I apologise for this:

What's wrong with premake which is also Lua based?

when I meant:

What advantage does this have over premake which is also Lua based?

fsw 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

For one, the last official stable release of premake is from 2010.

rienbdj 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What’s wrong with xmake which is also Lua based?

gjvc 7 hours ago | parent [-]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46511599 similar reasoning

richrichardsson 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I honestly didn't mean it like that, but I can understand that it comes across that way.

A better wording would be "what advantage does this have over premake which is also Lua based".

nottorp 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Tbh, why does it matter what it's written in? Does it do the job?

	▲	MobiusHorizons 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Lua is the syntax in the build configuration file, not how the tool is implemented internally. It’s part of the developer experience.