Description

Lua is an embeddable scripting language designed for application developers and programmers. It enables users to utilize procedural programming, object-oriented programming, functional programming, data-driven programming, data description, and extend programs written in other languages. Features include dynamic typing, bytecode interpretation with register-based virtual machine, embedding into other languages (C, C++, C#, Java, Smalltalk, Fortran, Ada, Erlang, Perl, and Ruby), automatic memory management with incremental garbage collection, multitasking, cross-platform compatibility, debugging management, and keyword management.