Lua

Summary

Lua is a lightweight, high-level scripting language designed for embedded use, extensibility, and cross-platform development. It combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics.

Paradigms

imperative, procedural, functional

Domains

game development, embedded systems, scripting, configuration management

Key Features

first-class functions, closures, REPL, native FFI, coroutines, meta-programming, modules, iterators/generators, variadic functions

Typing

dynamic system, structural typing, strong typing, partial inference, runtime checking, moderate type coercion, no type annotations

Compilation

interpreted, compiled

Influenced By

Scheme, SNOBOL, C++, CLU, Modula, Modula-2, Simple Object Language, DEL

Influenced

Squirrel, Ruby, JavaScript, Micro Lua DS, Ring, Red, GDScript, Julia, Io, Croc, Dragon

Ratings

File extensions

lua, fcgi, nse, p8, pd_lua, rbxs, rockspec, wlua

External Links

• Lua official site
• Lua jobs at Devjobsscanner
• r/lua subreddit
• Trending GitHub repositories