[giraffe_lady]

Ha interesting, I didn't really expect a serious answer but very cool. I looked into haxe a while back when I was gearing up for a significantly complex project targeting lua 5.1.

I ended not using it mostly because of unfamiliarity and it felt like it would add a fair bit of complexity. Didn't want to pick up a whole new ecosystem for that project.

I ended up using fennel, which solves most of my practical problems with lua without really making anything harder. Doesn't help with the package ecosystem or build process but I ended up just taking that compromise.

Don't regret it, still use fennel anywhere I'm forced to use lua, including hammerspoon and mud client scripting. I think if I was going to work heavily in lua long-term I'd go back and invest in haxe for it.