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# Lua
[Lua](https://lua.org) is a libre, scripting programming language created in 1993 by the Brazilian programmer Roberto Ierusalimschy.
[Lua](https://lua.org) is a libre, dynamic scripting programming language created in 1993 by the Brazilian programmer Roberto Ierusalimschy.
Lua is notable for its efficiency (faster than [Python](python.md)), minimal features, extensibility and a small,
non bloated implementation, making it a excellent choice for embedding into programs.
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```sh
luac -p -l -l source.lua
```
See the article [Bytecode](bytecode.md) for an annotated example of Lua bytecode.
## Examples
### Hello world
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- [Lua Programming Gems](https://lua.org/gems)
- [Online Lua bytecode explorer](https://www.luac.nl)
- [lua-users](https://www.lua-users.org/) Unofficial Lua Users group, has a wiki about Lua with useful resources.
- [The Implementation of Lua 5.0](https://www.lua.org/doc/jucs05.pdf): paper that describes the register-based virtual machine
introduced in version 5.0.
- [Lua 5.3 Bytecode Reference](https://the-ravi-programming-language.readthedocs.io/en/latest/lua_bytecode_reference.html) (archive: <https://archive.is/yLSvT>)
## See also
- [Teal](https://github.com/teal-language/tl) a Lua dialect that adds static typing