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* Lightweight | * Lightweight | ||
* Very fast | * Very fast | ||
* Can be compiled to bytecode(actaully it always is, but the bytecode | * Can be compiled to bytecode(actaully it always is, but the bytecode can be dumped to a file for later reuse) | ||
* Many other nifty things ;) | * Many other nifty things ;) | ||
Lua is heavily used by some roguelikes, like [[ToME]], where a good part of the engine is in Lua and the game itself will be completly in Lua in the next version, and the [[H-World] engine. | Lua is heavily used by some roguelikes, like [[ToME]], where a good part of the engine is in Lua and the game itself will be completly in Lua in the next version, and the [[H-World]] engine. | ||
See also [http://lua.org/ Lua homepage]. | See also [http://lua.org/ Lua homepage]. | ||
Revision as of 22:35, 11 February 2005
Lua is a very nice and easy to learn scripting language specifically designed to be embedable and able to represent complex data.
It features:
- Clean syntax
- Simple yet extremely powerful and extensible datastructure, the tables, that can be used as hashtables, vectors, arrays, lists, namespaces, objects, ...
- Easily embedable into existing projects
- Lightweight
- Very fast
- Can be compiled to bytecode(actaully it always is, but the bytecode can be dumped to a file for later reuse)
- Many other nifty things ;)
Lua is heavily used by some roguelikes, like ToME, where a good part of the engine is in Lua and the game itself will be completly in Lua in the next version, and the H-World engine.
See also Lua homepage.