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Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. | Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. | ||
Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based virtual machine, and has automatic memory management with incremental garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping. | Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based virtual machine, and has automatic memory management with incremental garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping. | ||
Runs on both FAT and HPFS file systems. | Runs on both FAT and HPFS file systems. | ||
Please note that Lua is a noun and not an acronym, it is the Portuguese form of "Luna", or the Portuguese word for the moon in other words and should not be spelled all caps. | |||
==Alternative implementations== | |||
* [https://github.com/mherkender/lua.js lua.js] - A somewhat rudimentary but functional Lua on top of [[ECMAScript]] | |||
==Foreign libraries with Lua bindings== | |||
''Open Source'' | |||
* [[Cairo]] - 2D graphics library | |||
* [[LibcURL]] - Internet URL (WWW, FTP, etc) access | |||
* [[LZ4]] - Compression library | |||
* [[Simple Directmedia Layer]] - Multimedia | |||
* [[Snappy]] - Compression library | |||
==Programmer's utilities== | |||
* [[Exuberant ctags]] - Creates index files out of Lua source files - Open source | |||
;Editor support | |||
* [[jEdit]] - Java based editor - Lua syntax highlighting built in | |||
==Version== | ==Version== | ||
* | * 5.1.4 (2009)- requires [[EMX]] | ||
* 5.1.5 (2014) | |||
* 5.3.5 (2018-07-14) | |||
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==License and availability== | ==License and availability== | ||
* [[MIT license]] | * Open source software released under the [[MIT license]] | ||
==Authors== | ==Authors== | ||
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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
* Roberto Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes, et al.: [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/ Lua 5.2x Reference manual] | *Kurt Jung, Aaron Brown: ''Beginning Lua Programming'' - Wrox 2007, ISBN 0-470-06917-1 | ||
==== | *Roberto Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes, et al.: [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/ Lua 5.2x Reference manual] | ||
==Links== | |||
* Lua official homepage: http://www.lua.org | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:Scripting Language]][[Category:Lua]][[Category:Open Source Software]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:50, 18 January 2020
Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.
Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based virtual machine, and has automatic memory management with incremental garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping.
Runs on both FAT and HPFS file systems.
Please note that Lua is a noun and not an acronym, it is the Portuguese form of "Luna", or the Portuguese word for the moon in other words and should not be spelled all caps.
Alternative implementations
- lua.js - A somewhat rudimentary but functional Lua on top of ECMAScript
Foreign libraries with Lua bindings
Open Source
- Cairo - 2D graphics library
- LibcURL - Internet URL (WWW, FTP, etc) access
- LZ4 - Compression library
- Simple Directmedia Layer - Multimedia
- Snappy - Compression library
Programmer's utilities
- Exuberant ctags - Creates index files out of Lua source files - Open source
- Editor support
- jEdit - Java based editor - Lua syntax highlighting built in
Version
- 5.1.4 (2009)- requires EMX
- 5.1.5 (2014)
- 5.3.5 (2018-07-14)
License and availability
- Open source software released under the MIT license
Authors
- Roberto Ierusalimschy (Original author)
- Alexander Walz (OS/2 port)
Publications
- Kurt Jung, Aaron Brown: Beginning Lua Programming - Wrox 2007, ISBN 0-470-06917-1
- Roberto Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes, et al.: Lua 5.2x Reference manual
Links
- Lua official homepage: http://www.lua.org