Lua

• Lua is a lightweight, embeddable scripting language written in C and released under the MIT license.
• It is used in e.g. the following “host” applications:
  • Neovim
  • MUSHclient
  • Mudlet
  • World of Warcraft
  • Roblox
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • VLC

Resources

• Download (source code)
• Download (binaries)
• FAQ663
• Demo
• Lua Programming Gems - e-book from 2008
• lua-users wiki
  • Lua Addons
• LuaRocks - package manager
• LewisJEllis/awesome-lua - a curated list of quality Lua packages and resources

FAQ

Dumping table contents

function dump(t, indent)
    indent = indent or 0
    for k, v in pairs(t) do
        print(string.rep("  ", indent) .. tostring(k) .. ": ")
        if type(v) == "table" then
            dump(v, indent + 1)
        else
            print(string.rep("  ", indent + 1) .. tostring(v))
        end
    end
end

• Source: Dump Table Lua: A Quick Guide to Table Inspection