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		2mlWQbCK 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Fennel? I prefer Janet, but Fennel is great in places Lua is already supported, like in Löve2D. https://git.sr.ht/~benthor/absolutely-minimal-love2d-fennel

roxolotl 9 months ago [–]

One thing I've found that's really nice with Fennel + Love2D is you can even do hot reloading with nvim+conjure[0](I assume emacs too). I assume there's a way to hot refresh with just straight Lua but it feels very natural to do with a lisp.

0(example config): https://github.com/TheBlob42/love2d-fennel-neovim

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