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Lua

Lua (programminglanguage)
Full NameLua
Short NameLua
DescriptionLightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language
CompanyTBD
WebNo
MobileNo
EnterpriseNo
EmbeddedYes
Snippet from Wikipedia: Lua (programming language)

Lua is a lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language designed mainly for embedded use in applications. Lua is cross-platform software, since the interpreter of compiled bytecode is written in ANSI C, and Lua has a relatively simple C application programming interface (API) to embed it into applications.

Lua originated in 1993 as a language for extending software applications to meet the increasing demand for customization at the time. It provided the basic facilities of most procedural programming languages, but more complicated or domain-specific features were not included; rather, it included mechanisms for extending the language, allowing programmers to implement such features. As Lua was intended to be a general embeddable extension language, the designers of Lua focused on improving its speed, portability, extensibility and ease-of-use in development.

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Lua is a programming language written in C that emphasizes performance. It has automatic memory management and is often used to extend software written in other languages.

Hello World

print("Hello, World!")


See also: Programming Languages