NetHack 5.0 Ships 11 Years After 3.6, Replacing Yacc and Lex With Lua and Rebasing the Roguelike on C99
The DevTeam released NetHack 5.0.0 on May 2, ending an 11-year wait since 3.6.0 and folding more than 3,100 fixes, a Lua-driven dungeon and quest pipeline, and full C99 source into the 39-year-old roguelike.
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