[m8n] S8 on Lua

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[m8n] S8 on Lua

The m8n ("maiten"/moon) platform

We are runing S8 Smalltalk systems in Lua execution environments.

Status: Community release (Jan 2019)
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License terms? the same as all S8 contents, MIT licensed

The platform files can be found in m8n folder at U8
- Contain all source files needed to run S8 kernel using Lua VMs and batch files to start the system in windows (LuaJIT VM) in console mode.
m8n testset
- The tests for the platform can be run using console mode or the m8n workbench

Executing m8n platform

We have many alternatives to run m8n systems, basically we need a Lua VM to host a S8 snapshot file. We load the snapshot and the system is instantiated and start running as usual.
The snapshot can be built in console mode (same as we do for most S8 platforms) to be embedded in the hosting execution environment
A list of execution environments for m8n platform systems follows:

[m8n] LuaStudio - embedding S8 in Lua Studio application
[m8n] Turbo - implementing server apps
[m8n] workbench - how to run m8n embedded in a web page

ToDo list

If you want to collaborate on m8n platform, you can peek a topic and discuss or get guidance to implement it.
Suggested topics in our ToDo list

Inject a S8 system into Roblox

[m8n] S8 on Lua

The m8n ("maiten"/moon) platform

Executing m8n platform

ToDo list

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