YLua VM
YLua VM is yet another a metacircular Lua VM, it was written in Lua, you still need compile lua source code by a bootstrap lua.
Getting started
You can simply launch it by a bootstrap lua and feed a binary bytecode file into it:
# Enjoy it!
$ lua ylua.lua <bytecode_file>
# Trace bytecode execution flow with --debug option
$ lua ylua.lua <bytecode_file> --help
YLuaVM - A metacircular Lua VM written in Lua itself
Usage: lua ylua.lua <bytecode_file>
--help|-h : show help message
--debug|-d : trace bytecode execution flow
# Run unit test to make sure it works well
$ ./runtestPlease feel free to issue any bugs or pull request to add new features.
Reference
[0] Primary https://github.com/dibyendumajumdar/ravi/blob/master/readthedocs/lua_bytecode_reference.rst
[1] http://luaforge.net/docman/83/98/ANoFrillsIntroToLua51VMInstructions.pdf
[2] http://files.catwell.info/misc/mirror/lua-5.2-bytecode-vm-dirk-laurie/lua52vm.html
[3] https://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/manual.html
[4] https://blog.tst.sh/lua-5-2-5-3-bytecode-reference-incomplete/