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Unfortunately Pallene is not Lua, not even a true subset; it's just another language with some similarities to Lua.

• dottrap 5y ago
  I think they define Pallene as a true subset to Lua in that the Pallene compiler can emit a pure Lua version (which strips all the types), and will produce the same results when run.
  • Rochus 5y ago
    That's what one should assume, but apparently this is not the case. Here is some more information: https://github.com/pallene-lang/pallene/issues/331 https://github.com/pallene-lang/pallene/issues/331.
  • dottrap 5y ago
    It's also not just another Lua-like language, in that it is designed to deeply share the Lua VM, and that Lua and Pallene code can call each other easily and fast. The description "Sister language" is trying to impart that there is more going on with Pallene than just creating another new language that kind of resembles Lua.