Lua is a powerful, portable, lightweight, embedded, and simple programming language.
This minor release is dedicated to bug fixes and improving documentation. Everyone affected by issues in the previous version and anyone interested in testing the current version is invited to participate. If you notice a bug or wish to contact the language authors, this can only be done through the mailing list. Any patches and suggestions are welcome, but it's important to remember that they will be treated as recommendations only and will be perceived as such.
Lua development is conducted in a closed manner, with releases published only.
Lua is embedded in or forms the basis for programs such as:
- Nmap;
- Mpv;
- Conky;
- Redis;
- Ardor;
- Apache;
- Love2d;
- Defold;
- INSTEAD;
- World of Warcraft;
- Minetest;
- Celestia;
- Awesome;
- Vim/nvim;
- MediaWiki;
- Tarantool;
- Wireshark;
- Darktable;
- NetBSD Kernel;
- NGINX OpenResty;
- Damn Small Linux;
- many, many others.
In particular, there is an option to use the language in the Linux kernel through Lunatik developed in the LabLua.
Lua is primarily a library for embedding in programs as a companion language. However, it can also be successfully used as a standalone language for solving many application tasks, taking up only 260 kilobytes of ROM or adding this size to the program if linked statically.
Source: linux.org.ru
