| Lua | … |
|---|---|
| Screenshot of Lua code from a Wikipedia Lua module using the MediaWiki Scribunto extension | … |
| Paradigm | Multi-paradigm: scripting, imperative (procedural, prototype-based, object-oriented), functional, meta, reflective |
| Designed by | Roberto Ierusalimschy Waldemar Celes Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo |
| First appeared | 1993 |
| Stable release | 5.51 / 22 December 2025 |
| Typing discipline | Dynamic, strong, duck |
| Implementation language | ANSI C |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| License | MIT |
| Filename extensions | .lua |
| Website | lua.org |
| Major implementations | … |
| Lua, LuaJIT, LuaVela, MoonSharp, | … |
| Dialects | … |
| GSL Shell, Luau | … |
| Influenced by | … |
| C++, CLU, Scheme, SNOBOL | … |
| Influenced | … |
| GameMonkey, Io, Julia, Red, Ruby, Squirrel, Luau | … |
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