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Lua for Elixir
Execute sandboxed Lua code on the BEAM VM using Luerl
At TV Labs, we needed to execute arbitrary code to allow our customers to write high-level integration tests against physical televisions and other streaming media devices. What started as a prototype led to diving deep into the particulars of Luerl, improving its usability and error messages, while making it easy to use from Elixir. TV Labs uses Lua as a compilation target for its drag and drop Automation builder, where users can specify the high-level workflow of their tests, and we handle the scheduling and underlying execution.
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