Jun 21, 2009 · Lua 5.3 and up have Unicode code point escape sequences in string literals (with the same syntax as JavaScript code point escape sequences) as well as the built-in utf8 …

Feb 26, 2011 · in Lua you can do: function foo() begin ... return var1, var2, var3; end local x,y,z = foo(); local a,b = foo(); -- var3 is dropped from stack. What Lua does is far more efficient. You …

Feb 18, 2018 · You have a few options for Lua usage on the front-end (this is probably what you're aiming for as you'd like to connect/replace JS with Lua):

Mar 26, 2023 · IME Lua and JS are >5x slower than C++ and Rust but other JIT-compiled languages like those on .NET are comparable to C++ and Rust. The performance gap is …

May 13, 2020 · Lua (Small/Medium Projects) Javascript (Small/Medium/Large Complex Projects) Indeed Lua runs faster with small scripts, but in large projects with a need to have organized …

Dec 5, 2019 · Lua/JavaScript is commonly interpreted, meaning when executed, the source code is interpreted by a parser into a form that a CPU can execute. (My own theorizing here) In the …

Jan 31, 2021 · Intro I’m a Front End Developer for a living, so I started wondering, since I use JavaScript (JS) on a daily basis, I could move from writing in Lua, to JS (maybe even …

Mar 16, 2022 · As it happens, Python's use case is broader and more popular than Lua's use case. It's kind of a shame because I think Lua's core language abstractions are cleaner and …

May 15, 2024 · Lua is the most optimal choice, this is a fact, you will likely see a lot of projects using Lua, its fast enough, simple, and non-typed. JS (mostly TS) has been gaining popularity …

I use lua for embedding, so there are lots of calls to C++ library functions. Even though main loop is in a lua script and all of the important logic is implemented in lua, the overall performance …