While this isn’t the right list to discuss this on, it’s not hard to install 
Lua and it’s not hard to put a script on a machine.

On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:50:57 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> Unfortunately, that requires Lua to be on each machine or distributed
> with the bytecode file. Both of these are showstoppers for me because
> it's too easy to get the pieces separated. I was hoping for the single
> file solution.
> 
> --Will
> 
> On 12/6/2016 7:39 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> > You can accomplish that with regular Lua. Instead of running `lua
> > myFile.lua`, compile `luac myFile.lua`. That will generate a file called
> > ‘luac.out’ containing Lua bytecode. You can run that code with `lua`.
> > 
> > On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:34:14 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> >> I was looking at Terra as a way to create sort of executable Lua scripts
> >> that I could create on arbitrary Windows machines and then distribute to
> >> other Windows machines as needed. A way to bundle Lua in a nice self
> >> contained manner from, for example, a flash drive. A way to create non
> >> tamperable scripts, so to speak.
> >> 
> >> --Will
> >> 
> >> On 12/6/2016 7:26 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> >>> If you want to use Terra,  you want to interact with C. You’d be calling
> >>> C
> >>> library functions, and compiled Terra libraries are compatible with C.
> >>> 
> >>> LLVM is already part of Terra, don’t worry about LLVM. LLVM does not
> >>> come
> >>> with Visual Studio 2013. You just have to have that installed to compile
> >>> your own executables or libraries.
> >>> 
> >>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:25:54 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> >>>> Thought that was referring to if I wanted to interact with C, which I
> >>>> don't.
> >>>> 
> >>>> LLMV is not a default part of Windows but may well come with Visual
> >>>> Studio 2013. Have not idea though.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Well I guess that explains things. Bummer. Was hoping Terra was
> >>>> complete
> >>>> and stand alone.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thanks for the help.
> >>>> --Will
> >>>> 
> >>>> On 12/6/2016 7:20 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>>> Hmm, from the “Getting Started” page: "for Windows you need a copy of
> >>>>> Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 installed”
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> So it does use Windows headers and libs, it seems.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:19:17 PM EST [email protected] wrote:
> >>>>>> It’s not paths, and LLVM is on Windows. Terra uses LLVM. I don’t
> >>>>>> think
> >>>>>> you
> >>>>>> need to install LLVM separately though, did you install Terra?
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:19:34 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> >>>>>>> Path is not it. Just tried a couple.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Still seems that calling saveobj wants to call LLVM, which is not on
> >>>>>>> Windows. (llvm: program not executable message on saveobj.)
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> --Will
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> On 12/6/2016 7:02 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>>>>>> You don’t 'install C’, don’t worry about that. You should have
> >>>>>>>> everything
> >>>>>>>> you need installed with Terra itself. Are you sure you got the same
> >>>>>>>> error? I just ran exactly what you sent, and it compiled perfectly.
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> I will say that you’ll want to use printf to show your output,
> >>>>>>>> unless
> >>>>>>>> your
> >>>>>>>> goal is to return the number of arguments + 1.
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 6:58:24 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> The example on the first page assumes C is installed. I don't have
> >>>>>>>>> C
> >>>>>>>>> installed. That's the question I suppose ... do I need to have a C
> >>>>>>>>> compiler installed?
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> --Will
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> On 12/6/2016 6:45 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> Try using a terra function that takes (argc : int, argv :
> >>>>>>>>>> &rawstring).
> >>>>>>>>>> The
> >>>>>>>>>> main method takes an int, the number of arguments, and an array
> >>>>>>>>>> of
> >>>>>>>>>> that
> >>>>>>>>>> many strings.
> >>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>> This is comparable to the C main method.
> >>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>> There is a great example of this on the main page of
> >>>>>>>>>> http://terralang.org/.
> >>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 6:43:40 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>> Lots of them:
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>> For example when I type into the REPL
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>> terra addone(a : int)
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>         return a + 1
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>> end
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>> the function is created.
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>> typing print(addone(2)) shows the correct answer.
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>> then typing terralib.saveobj("addone",{main=addone}) gives:
> >>>>>>>>>>> llvm: program not executable
> >>>>>>>>>>> and a stack trace to saveobj
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>> (Other error messages are on the other thread I'm on. All seem
> >>>>>>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>>>>>> be
> >>>>>>>>>>> about not finding things I'm now thinking would be in a C
> >>>>>>>>>>> library
> >>>>>>>>>>> or
> >>>>>>>>>>> such.)
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>> Just tried terralib.saveObj(...) in case there's a case
> >>>>>>>>>>> sensitivity
> >>>>>>>>>>> issue. Got error message:
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>> [string "stdin"]:1: attempt to call field 'saveObj' (a nil
> >>>>>>>>>>> value)
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>> stack traceback:
> >>>>>>>>>>>               [string "stdin"]:1: in main chunk
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>> --Will
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>> On 12/6/2016 6:33 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> It would help if you could tell us the error.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 6:33:55 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmmm ... just can't get an executable out of Terra. I'm on
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Windows
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> not Linux. Default Windows system. Unzipped Terra as per the
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> documentation. Can get some of the REPL examples to work. As
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> soon
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> as
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> try terralib.saveobj("MyExecutable",{ main = myMain }) I get
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> an
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> error.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Do I need to have a C compiler or such installed in order to
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> create
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> an
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> executable?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> --Will
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