Lua is a super underrated language. The standard implementation is under 500kb and it can run almost anywhere. Including inside other programs and on embedded systems that dont even have an OS.
this post was submitted on 25 May 2025
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Me, an XPlane boi. Quietly flying with my Lua scripts.
Today I learned there is a use for lua besides neovim
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Mudlet users.
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Hey, there's the one I was looking for!
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To me, Lua will always be the WoW plugin language.
Isaac modding
Don't forget Gmod modders!
Glua is bizzaro world Lua though.
Well, and then there's the guy who made Balatro in Lua.
Using the love2D framework if not wrong
Yup! If you have it on steam you can unzip the exe and take a peak at his code.
and PICO-8 devs!
Conky users?
LΓΆve2D gets zero lΓΆve :(
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Including the people that only used computercraft?
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I'm using lapis for stuff.
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