You can build a FSM using tail calls. (Lua has TCO.) It's really common to do this in Erlang, too. It's also possible to stream Lua functions, though it's a bi

You can build a FSM using tail calls. (Lua has TCO.) It's really common to do this in Erlang, too. It's also possible to stream Lua functions, though it's a bit tricky to do with closures.