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	=== Syntax ===		=== Syntax ===
	The classic [["Hello, World!" program]] can be written as follows, with or without parentheses:<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.lua.org/pil/1.html \|title=Programming in Lua : 1}}</ref>{{efn\|Syntactic sugar, a table construct or literal string following an identifier is a valid function call.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.lua.org/manual/5.0/manual.html#2.5.7 \|title=Lua 5.0 Reference Manual, 2.5.7, Function Calls}}</ref>}}		The classic [["Hello, World!" program]] can be written as follows, with or without parentheses:<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.lua.org/pil/1.html \|title=Programming in Lua : 1}}</ref>{{efn\|[[Syntactic sugar]], a table construct or literal string following an identifier is a valid function call.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.lua.org/manual/5.0/manual.html#2.5.7 \|title=Lua 5.0 Reference Manual, 2.5.7, Function Calls}}</ref>}}
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	* Shine, a fork of [[LuaJIT]] with many extensions, including a module system and a macro system.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Hundt \|first1=Richard \|title=richardhundt/shine \|website=[[GitHub]] \|url=https://github.com/richardhundt/shine \|date=2021-04-22}}</ref>		* Shine, a fork of [[LuaJIT]] with many extensions, including a module system and a macro system.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Hundt \|first1=Richard \|title=richardhundt/shine \|website=[[GitHub]] \|url=https://github.com/richardhundt/shine \|date=2021-04-22}}</ref>
	* Glua, a modified version embedded into the game [[Garry's Mod]] as its scripting language.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Garry's Mod Wiki \|url=https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/ \|website=wiki.facepunch.com}}</ref>		* Glua, a modified version embedded into the game [[Garry's Mod]] as its scripting language.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Garry's Mod Wiki \|url=https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/ \|website=wiki.facepunch.com}}</ref>
	* Teal, a [[Type system#Static type checking\|statically typed]] Lua dialect written in Lua.<ref>{{~~Citation~~ \|title=teal-language/tl \|date=2024-12-23 \|url=https://github.com/teal-language/tl \|access-date=2024-12-23 \|~~publisher~~=Teal language}}</ref>		* Teal, a [[Type system#Static type checking\|statically typed]] Lua dialect written in Lua.<ref>{{cite web \|title=teal-language/tl \|date=2024-12-23 \|url=https://github.com/teal-language/tl \|access-date=2024-12-23 \|website=Teal language}}</ref>
	* [[PICO-8]], a "fantasy video game console", uses a subset of Lua known as PICO-8 Lua.		* [[PICO-8]], a "fantasy video game console", uses a subset of Lua known as PICO-8 Lua.
			* Pluto, a superset of Lua 5.4 offering enhanced syntax, libraries, and better developer experience, all while staying compatible with regular Lua.<ref>{{cite web\|title=What is Pluto?\|url=https://pluto-lang.org/docs/Introduction\|access-date=2025-06-27\|website=Pluto}}</ref>

	In addition, the Lua users community provides some ''power patches'' on top of the reference C implementation.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Lua Power Patches \|url=http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaPowerPatches \|website=lua-users.org \|access-date=18 May 2021 \|archive-date=18 May 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518114041/http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaPowerPatches \|url-status=dead}}</ref>		In addition, the Lua users community provides some ''power patches'' on top of the reference C implementation.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Lua Power Patches \|url=http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaPowerPatches \|website=lua-users.org \|access-date=18 May 2021 \|archive-date=18 May 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518114041/http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaPowerPatches \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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	In 2003, a poll conducted by GameDev.net showed Lua was the most popular scripting language for game programming.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://gamedev.net/gdpolls/viewpoll.asp?ID=163 \|title=Poll Results \|access-date=2017-04-22 \|url-status=bot: unknown \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031207171619/http://gamedev.net/gdpolls/viewpoll.asp?ID=163 \|archive-date=7 December 2003}}</ref> On 12 January 2012, Lua was announced as a winner of the Front Line Award 2011 from the magazine ''[[Game Developer (magazine)\|Game Developer]]'' in the category Programming Tools.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.gdmag.com/blog/2012/01/front-line-award-winners.php \|title=Front Line Award Winners Announced \|access-date=2017-04-22 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615013638/http://www.gdmag.com/blog/2012/01/front-line-award-winners.php \|archive-date=15 June 2013}}</ref>		In 2003, a poll conducted by GameDev.net showed Lua was the most popular scripting language for game programming.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://gamedev.net/gdpolls/viewpoll.asp?ID=163 \|title=Poll Results \|access-date=2017-04-22 \|url-status=bot: unknown \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031207171619/http://gamedev.net/gdpolls/viewpoll.asp?ID=163 \|archive-date=7 December 2003}}</ref> On 12 January 2012, Lua was announced as a winner of the Front Line Award 2011 from the magazine ''[[Game Developer (magazine)\|Game Developer]]'' in the category Programming Tools.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.gdmag.com/blog/2012/01/front-line-award-winners.php \|title=Front Line Award Winners Announced \|access-date=2017-04-22 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615013638/http://www.gdmag.com/blog/2012/01/front-line-award-winners.php \|archive-date=15 June 2013}}</ref>

	Many non-game applications also use Lua for extensibility, such as [[LuaTeX]], an implementation of the [[TeX]] type-setting language, [[Redis]], a [[key-value database]], [[ScyllaDB]], a [[wide-column store]], [[Neovim]], a text editor, [[Nginx]], a [[web server]], [[Wireshark]], a network packet analyzer and [[Pure Data]], a visual audio programming language (through the ~~[https://agraef.github.io/pd-lua/~~ pdlua] extension).		Many non-game applications also use Lua for extensibility, such as [[LuaTeX]], an implementation of the [[TeX]] type-setting language, [[Redis]], a [[key-value database]], [[ScyllaDB]], a [[wide-column store]], [[Neovim]], a text editor, [[Nginx]], a [[web server]], [[Wireshark]], a network packet analyzer and [[Pure Data]], a visual audio programming language (through the pdlua extension).

	== Derived languages ==		== Derived languages ==

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	\| operating system = [[Cross-platform software\|Cross-platform]]		\| operating system = [[Cross-platform software\|Cross-platform]]
	\| license = [[MIT License\|MIT]]		\| license = [[MIT License\|MIT]]
	\| website = {{url\|https://lua.org/}}		\| website = {{url\|https://www.lua.org/}}
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	In ''The Evolution of Lua'', the language's authors wrote:<ref name=hopl2007/>		In ''The Evolution of Lua'', the language's authors wrote:<ref name=hopl2007/>

	{{Blockquote\|In 1993, the only real contender was [[Tcl]], which had been explicitly designed to be embedded into applications. However, Tcl had unfamiliar syntax, did not offer good support for data description, and ran only on Unix platforms. We did not consider [[Lisp (programming language)\|LISP]] or [[Scheme (programming language)\|Scheme]] because of their unfriendly syntax. [[Python (programming language)\|Python]] was still in its infancy. In the free, do-it-yourself atmosphere that then reigned in Tecgraf, it was quite natural that we should try to develop our own scripting language ... Because many potential users of the language were not professional programmers, the language should avoid cryptic syntax and semantics. The implementation of the new language should be highly portable, because Tecgraf's clients had a very diverse collection of computer platforms. Finally, since we expected that other Tecgraf products would also need to embed a scripting language, the new language should follow the example of SOL and be provided as a library with a C API.}}		{{Blockquote\|In 1993, the only real contender was [[Tcl (programming language)\|Tcl]], which had been explicitly designed to be embedded into applications. However, Tcl had unfamiliar syntax, did not offer good support for data description, and ran only on Unix platforms. We did not consider [[Lisp (programming language)\|LISP]] or [[Scheme (programming language)\|Scheme]] because of their unfriendly syntax. [[Python (programming language)\|Python]] was still in its infancy. In the free, do-it-yourself atmosphere that then reigned in Tecgraf, it was quite natural that we should try to develop our own scripting language ... Because many potential users of the language were not professional programmers, the language should avoid cryptic syntax and semantics. The implementation of the new language should be highly portable, because Tecgraf's clients had a very diverse collection of computer platforms. Finally, since we expected that other Tecgraf products would also need to embed a scripting language, the new language should follow the example of SOL and be provided as a library with a C API.}}

	Lua 1.0 was designed in such a way that its object constructors, being then slightly different from the current light and flexible style, incorporated the data-description syntax of SOL (hence the name Lua: ''Sol'' meaning "Sun" in Portuguese, and ''Lua'' meaning "Moon"). Lua [[Syntax (programming languages)\|syntax]] for control structures was mostly borrowed from [[Modula]] (<code>if</code>, <code>while</code>, <code>repeat</code>/<code>until</code>), but also had taken influence from [[CLU (programming language)\|CLU]] (multiple assignments and multiple returns from function calls, as a simpler alternative to [[Call by reference\|reference parameters]] or explicit [[pointer (computer programming)\|pointers]]), [[C++]] ("neat idea of allowing a [[local variable]] to be declared only where we need it"<ref name=hopl2007/>), [[SNOBOL]] and [[AWK]] ([[associative array]]s). In an article published in ''[[Dr. Dobb's Journal]]'', Lua's creators also state that LISP and Scheme with their single, ubiquitous data-structure mechanism (the [[List (abstract data type)\|list]]) were a major influence on their decision to develop the table as the primary data structure of Lua.<ref name=ddj96>{{cite news \|last1=Figueiredo \|first1=L. H. \|last2=Ierusalimschy \|first2=R. \|last3=Celes \|first3=W. \|date=December 1996 \|title=Lua: an Extensible Embedded Language. A few metamechanisms replace a host of features \|magazine=Dr. Dobb's Journal \|volume=21 \|issue=12 \|pages=26–33 \|url=https://www.lua.org/ddj.html}}</ref>		Lua 1.0 was designed in such a way that its object constructors, being then slightly different from the current light and flexible style, incorporated the data-description syntax of SOL (hence the name Lua: ''Sol'' meaning "Sun" in Portuguese, and ''Lua'' meaning "Moon"). Lua [[Syntax (programming languages)\|syntax]] for control structures was mostly borrowed from [[Modula]] (<code>if</code>, <code>while</code>, <code>repeat</code>/<code>until</code>), but also had taken influence from [[CLU (programming language)\|CLU]] (multiple assignments and multiple returns from function calls, as a simpler alternative to [[Call by reference\|reference parameters]] or explicit [[pointer (computer programming)\|pointers]]), [[C++]] ("neat idea of allowing a [[local variable]] to be declared only where we need it"<ref name=hopl2007/>), [[SNOBOL]] and [[AWK]] ([[associative array]]s). In an article published in ''[[Dr. Dobb's Journal]]'', Lua's creators also state that LISP and Scheme with their single, ubiquitous data-structure mechanism (the [[List (abstract data type)\|list]]) were a major influence on their decision to develop the table as the primary data structure of Lua.<ref name=ddj96>{{cite news \|last1=Figueiredo \|first1=L. H. \|last2=Ierusalimschy \|first2=R. \|last3=Celes \|first3=W. \|date=December 1996 \|title=Lua: an Extensible Embedded Language. A few metamechanisms replace a host of features \|magazine=Dr. Dobb's Journal \|volume=21 \|issue=12 \|pages=26–33 \|url=https://www.lua.org/ddj.html}}</ref>
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	Versions of Lua prior to version 5.0 were released under a license similar to the [[BSD licenses\|BSD license]]. From version 5.0 onwards, Lua has been licensed under the [[MIT License]]. Both are [[permissive free software licences]] and are almost identical.		Versions of Lua prior to version 5.0 were released under a license similar to the [[BSD licenses\|BSD license]]. From version 5.0 onwards, Lua has been licensed under the [[MIT License]]. Both are [[permissive free software licences]] and are almost identical.


	== Features ==		== Features ==
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	{{main\|List of applications using Lua}}		{{main\|List of applications using Lua}}

	In [[video game development]], Lua is widely used as a [[scripting language]], mainly due to its perceived ease of embedding, fast execution, and short [[learning curve]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38338/why-is-lua-considered-a-game-language \|title=Why is Lua considered a game language? \|website=Stack Overflow \|access-date=2017-04-22 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820131611/http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38338/why-is-lua-considered-a-game-language \|archive-date=20 August 2013}}</ref> Notable games which use Lua include ''[[Roblox]]'',<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Why Lua''u''?\|url=https://luau-lang.org/why.html\|access-date=2022-03-23\|website=Luau\|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Garry's Mod]]'', '' [[World of Warcraft]]'', ''[[Payday 2]]'', ''[[Phantasy Star Online 2]]'', ''[[Dota 2]]'', ''[[Crysis (video game)\|Crysis]]'',<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://crymp.net/thread?id=347 \|title=Introduction to Crysis server-side modding \|access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref> and many others. Some games that do not natively support Lua programming or scripting have this function added by mods, as ComputerCraft does for ''[[Minecraft]]''. Similarly, Lua API libraries, like Discordia, are used for platforms that do not natively support Lua.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Discordia API\|url=https://github.com/SinisterRectus/Discordia\|access-date=2025-07-02\|language=en-US}}</ref> Lua is used in an open-source 2-dimensional game engine ~~called LOVE2D~~.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=LOVE2D Game Engine\|url=https://love2d.org/\|access-date=2025-07-02\|language=en-US\|archive-date=5 March 2025\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250305202646/https://love2d.org/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also, Lua is used in non-video game software, such as [[Adobe Lightroom]], [[Moho (software)\|Moho]], [[iClone]], [[Aerospike (database)\|Aerospike]], and some system software in [[FreeBSD]] and [[NetBSD]], and used as a template scripting language on [[MediaWiki]] using the Scribunto extension.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Lua Functions\|url=https://wow.gamepedia.com/Lua_functions\|access-date=2021-03-01\|website=wow.gamepedia.com\|language=en-US}}</ref>		In [[video game development]], Lua is widely used as a [[scripting language]], mainly due to its perceived ease of embedding, fast execution, and short [[learning curve]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38338/why-is-lua-considered-a-game-language \|title=Why is Lua considered a game language? \|website=Stack Overflow \|access-date=2017-04-22 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820131611/http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38338/why-is-lua-considered-a-game-language \|archive-date=20 August 2013}}</ref> Notable games which use Lua include ''[[Roblox]]'',<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Why Lua''u''?\|url=https://luau-lang.org/why.html\|access-date=2022-03-23\|website=Luau\|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Garry's Mod]]'', '' [[World of Warcraft]]'', ''[[Payday 2]]'', ''[[Phantasy Star Online 2]]'', ''[[Dota 2]]'', ''[[Crysis (video game)\|Crysis]]'',<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://crymp.net/thread?id=347 \|title=Introduction to Crysis server-side modding \|access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref> and many others. Some games that do not natively support Lua programming or scripting have this function added by mods, as ComputerCraft does for ''[[Minecraft]]''. Similarly, Lua API libraries, like Discordia, are used for platforms that do not natively support Lua.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Discordia API\|website=[[GitHub]] \|url=https://github.com/SinisterRectus/Discordia\|access-date=2025-07-02\|language=en-US}}</ref> Lua is used in the open-source 2-dimensional game engine [[LÖVE]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=LOVE2D Game Engine\|url=https://love2d.org/\|access-date=2025-07-02\|language=en-US\|archive-date=5 March 2025\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250305202646/https://love2d.org/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also, Lua is used in non-video game software, such as [[Adobe Lightroom]], [[Moho (software)\|Moho]], [[iClone]], [[Aerospike (database)\|Aerospike]], and some system software in [[FreeBSD]] and [[NetBSD]], and used as a template scripting language on [[MediaWiki]] using the Scribunto extension.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Lua Functions\|url=https://wow.gamepedia.com/Lua_functions\|access-date=2021-03-01\|website=wow.gamepedia.com\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	In 2003, a poll conducted by GameDev.net showed that Lua was the most popular scripting language for game programming.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://gamedev.net/gdpolls/viewpoll.asp?ID=163 \|title=Poll Results \|access-date=2017-04-22 \|url-status=bot: unknown \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031207171619/http://gamedev.net/gdpolls/viewpoll.asp?ID=163 \|archive-date=7 December 2003}}</ref> On 12 January 2012, Lua was announced as a winner of the Front Line Award 2011 from the magazine ''[[Game Developer (magazine)\|Game Developer]]'' in the category Programming Tools.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.gdmag.com/blog/2012/01/front-line-award-winners.php \|title=Front Line Award Winners Announced \|access-date=2017-04-22 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615013638/http://www.gdmag.com/blog/2012/01/front-line-award-winners.php \|archive-date=15 June 2013}}</ref>		In 2003, a poll conducted by GameDev.net showed that Lua was the most popular scripting language for game programming.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://gamedev.net/gdpolls/viewpoll.asp?ID=163 \|title=Poll Results \|access-date=2017-04-22 \|url-status=bot: unknown \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031207171619/http://gamedev.net/gdpolls/viewpoll.asp?ID=163 \|archive-date=7 December 2003}}</ref> On 12 January 2012, Lua was announced as a winner of the Front Line Award 2011 from the magazine ''[[Game Developer (magazine)\|Game Developer]]'' in the category Programming Tools.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.gdmag.com/blog/2012/01/front-line-award-winners.php \|title=Front Line Award Winners Announced \|access-date=2017-04-22 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615013638/http://www.gdmag.com/blog/2012/01/front-line-award-winners.php \|archive-date=15 June 2013}}</ref>
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	===Languages that compile to Lua===		===Languages that compile to Lua===
	* MoonScript is a [[Dynamic programming language\|dynamic]], [[Whitespace character\|whitespace]]-sensitive [[scripting language]] inspired by [[CoffeeScript]], which is compiled into Lua. This means that instead of using <code>do</code> and <code>end</code> (or <code>{</code> and <code>}</code>) to delimit sections of code it uses [[Line break (computing)\|line breaks]] and [[indentation style]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Language Guide - MoonScript 0.5.0\|url=https://moonscript.org/reference/\|access-date=2020-09-25\|website=moonscript.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=leaf\|title=leafo/moonscript\|website=[[GitHub]] \|date=2020-09-23\|url=https://github.com/leafo/moonscript\|access-date=2020-09-25}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web \|url=https://andregarzia.com/2020/06/languages-that-compile-to-lua.html \|title=Languages that compile to Lua \|website=AndreGarzia.com \|last1=Garzia \|first1=Andre Alves \|access-date= 25 September 2020}}</ref> A notable use of MoonScript is the video game distribution website [[Itch.io]].		* MoonScript is a [[Dynamic programming language\|dynamic]], [[Whitespace character\|whitespace]]-sensitive [[scripting language]] inspired by [[CoffeeScript]], which is compiled into Lua. This means that instead of using <code>do</code> and <code>end</code> (or <code>{</code> and <code>}</code>) to delimit sections of code it uses [[Line break (computing)\|line breaks]] and [[indentation style]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Language Guide - MoonScript 0.5.0\|url=https://moonscript.org/reference/\|access-date=2020-09-25\|website=moonscript.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=leaf\|title=leafo/moonscript\|website=[[GitHub]] \|date=2020-09-23\|url=https://github.com/leafo/moonscript\|access-date=2020-09-25}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web \|url=https://andregarzia.com/2020/06/languages-that-compile-to-lua.html \|title=Languages that compile to Lua \|website=AndreGarzia.com \|last1=Garzia \|first1=Andre Alves \|access-date= 25 September 2020}}</ref> A notable use of MoonScript is the video game distribution website [[Itch.io]].
	* [[Haxe]] supports compiling to some Lua targets, including Lua 5.~~1-5~~.3 and [[LuaJIT]] 2.0 and 2.1.		* [[Haxe]] supports compiling to some Lua targets, including Lua 5.1–5.3 and [[LuaJIT]] 2.0 and 2.1.
	* Fennel, a Lisp dialect that targets Lua.<ref name=":1"/>		* Fennel, a Lisp dialect that targets Lua.<ref name=":1"/>
	* Urn, a [[Lisp (programming language)\|Lisp]] dialect built on Lua.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Urn: A Lisp implementation for Lua {{!}} Urn\|url=https://urn-lang.com/\|access-date=2021-01-12\|website=urn-lang.com}}</ref>		* Urn, a [[Lisp (programming language)\|Lisp]] dialect built on Lua.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Urn: A Lisp implementation for Lua {{!}} Urn\|url=https://urn-lang.com/\|access-date=2021-01-12\|website=urn-lang.com}}</ref>
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	* {{cite news\|url=https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/260022/a-z_programming_languages_lua/\|title=The A-Z of Programming Languages: Lua\|last=Hamilton\|first=Naomi\|date=11 September 2008\|work=[[Computerworld]]\|publisher=[[International Data Group\|IDG]]\|access-date=7 July 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708020030/https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/260022/a-z_programming_languages_lua/\|archive-date=8 July 2018\|url-status=dead}} Interview with Roberto Ierusalimschy.		* {{cite news\|url=https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/260022/a-z_programming_languages_lua/\|title=The A-Z of Programming Languages: Lua\|last=Hamilton\|first=Naomi\|date=11 September 2008\|work=[[Computerworld]]\|publisher=[[International Data Group\|IDG]]\|access-date=7 July 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708020030/https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/260022/a-z_programming_languages_lua/\|archive-date=8 July 2018\|url-status=dead}} Interview with Roberto Ierusalimschy.
	* {{cite journal\|title=Passing a Language through the Eye of a Needle\|last1=Ierusalimschy\|first1=Roberto\|last2=de Figueiredo\|first2=Luiz Henrique\|last3=Celes\|first3=Waldemar\|date=12 May 2011\|journal=[[ACM Queue]]\|volume=9\|issue=5\|pages=20–29\|doi=10.1145/1978862.1983083\|s2cid=19484689\|doi-access=free}} How the embeddability of Lua impacted its design.		* {{cite journal\|title=Passing a Language through the Eye of a Needle\|last1=Ierusalimschy\|first1=Roberto\|last2=de Figueiredo\|first2=Luiz Henrique\|last3=Celes\|first3=Waldemar\|date=12 May 2011\|journal=[[ACM Queue]]\|volume=9\|issue=5\|pages=20–29\|doi=10.1145/1978862.1983083\|s2cid=19484689\|doi-access=free}} How the embeddability of Lua impacted its design.
	* {{cite journal \|last1=Ierusalimschy \|first1=Roberto \|last2=de Figueiredo \|first2=Luiz Henrique \|last3=Celes \|first3=Waldemar \|title=A look at the design of Lua \|journal=[[Communications of the ACM]] \|date=26 October 2018 \|volume=61 \|issue=11 \|pages=114–123 \|doi=10.1145/3186277 \|s2cid=53114923 ~~\|url= https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3186277\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222140515/https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3186277\| archive-date=2025-02-22\| url-status=live~~\| doi-access=free}}		* {{cite journal \|last1=Ierusalimschy \|first1=Roberto \|last2=de Figueiredo \|first2=Luiz Henrique \|last3=Celes \|first3=Waldemar \|title=A look at the design of Lua \|journal=[[Communications of the ACM]] \|date=26 October 2018 \|volume=61 \|issue=11 \|pages=114–123 \|doi=10.1145/3186277 \|s2cid=53114923 \| doi-access=free}}
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