Lua
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| Paradigm | Multi-paradigm: scripting, imperative (procedural, prototype-based, object-oriented), functional |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Roberto Ierusalimschy[1] Waldemar Celes[1] Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo[1] |
| First appeared | 1993[2] |
| Stable release | 5.3.4 / January 30, 2017[3] |
| Typing discipline | dynamic, strong, duck |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| License | MIT License[4] |
| Website | www |
| Major implementations | |
| Lua, LuaJIT, LLVM-Lua, Lua Alchemy Luvit | |
| Dialects | |
| Metalua, Idle, GSL Shell Luau | |
| Influenced by | |
| C++, CLU, Modula, Scheme, SNOBOL | |
| Influenced | |
| Io, GameMonkey, Squirrel, Falcon, MiniD | |
Lua is an open source programming language.[2] It was created in 1993 by Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, and Waldemar Celes.[1] Lua is used for many different things, especially in video games such as World of Warcraft and SimCity 4.[5] It is also used in the popular virtual world sharing website Roblox under a dialect called Luau.[6] In June 2010, Apple Inc. changed the terms of use for the software development kit of its iOS operating system to allow the use of Lua.[7] This led to Lua being used to make iPhone applications such as Angry Birds. In June 2011, Lua was ranked the tenth most popular programming language by the TIOBE Index.[8]
Example[change | change source]
An example Hello World program in Lua:
#!/usr/bin/lua
print("Hello World!")
An example of setting a value, then printing it:
#!/usr/bin/lua
a = "Hello World!"
print(a)
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ierusalimschy, R.; Figueiredo, L. H.; Celes, W. (2007). "The evolution of Lua" (PDF). Proc. of ACM HOPL III. pp. 2–1–2–26. doi:10.1145/1238844.1238846. ISBN 978-1-59593-766-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lua: About". Lua.org. Retrieved 28 February 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Lua: version history". Lua.org. Retrieved 21 February 2018. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Lua: license". Lua.org. Retrieved 6 April 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Lua Uses". lua-users wiki. Retrieved 16 February 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Luau". Luau. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ↑ "Apple relaxes iOS SDK terms to allow Lua but block Flash". Appleinsider.com. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "TIOBE Programming Community Index for June 2011". TIOBE Software. June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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