Programming Language
Lua Appeared 1993
Lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language designed mainly for embedded use in applications. It is cross-platform as it's implemented in ANSI C, enabling integration with various systems through its simple API.
Trends languish rank #27 languish — 68 periods, 2008Q3 to 2025Q2 2008Q3 2025Q2
pypl rank #19 pypl — 266 periods, 2004-06 to 2026-07 2004-06 2026-07
Influence graph Influence graph for Lua: 32 influencing languages, 0 family links C++ influenced Ada Eiffel influenced Ada Pascal influenced Ada C influenced AWK sed influenced AWK Fortran influenced BASIC Fortran influenced C Ada influenced C++ APL influenced C++ C influenced C++ F# influenced C++ C influenced C# C++ influenced C# D influenced C# Eiffel influenced C# F# influenced C# Haskell influenced C# Java influenced C# Pascal influenced C# Scala influenced C# Visual Basic influenced C# Haskell influenced Clean Lisp influenced Common Lisp R5RS influenced Common Lisp Scheme influenced Common Lisp Ada influenced D BASIC influenced D C influenced D C++ influenced D C# influenced D Eiffel influenced D Java influenced D Python influenced D Ruby influenced D Ada influenced Eiffel Lisp influenced Erlang Prolog influenced Erlang C# influenced F# Erlang influenced F# Haskell influenced F# OCaml influenced F# Python influenced F# Scala influenced F# Standard ML influenced F# Clean influenced Haskell Lisp influenced Haskell R5RS influenced Haskell Raku influenced Haskell Scheme influenced Haskell Standard ML influenced Haskell C++ influenced Java AWK influenced JavaScript C influenced JavaScript Java influenced JavaScript Lisp influenced JavaScript Lua influenced JavaScript Perl influenced JavaScript Python influenced JavaScript R5RS influenced JavaScript Scheme influenced JavaScript Self influenced JavaScript AWK influenced Lua C influenced Lua C++ influenced Lua Lisp influenced Lua R5RS influenced Lua Scheme influenced Lua Self influenced Lua C influenced OCaml Pascal influenced OCaml Standard ML influenced OCaml AWK influenced Perl BASIC influenced Perl C influenced Perl C++ influenced Perl Lisp influenced Perl Raku influenced Perl sed influenced Perl Ada influenced Python APL influenced Python C influenced Python C++ influenced Python Haskell influenced Python Lisp influenced Python Perl influenced Python R5RS influenced Python Scheme influenced Python Standard ML influenced Python Lisp influenced R5RS Haskell influenced Raku JavaScript influenced Raku Perl influenced Raku Ruby influenced Raku BASIC influenced Ruby C++ influenced Ruby Eiffel influenced Ruby Lisp influenced Ruby Lua influenced Ruby Perl influenced Ruby Python influenced Ruby R5RS influenced Ruby Scheme influenced Ruby Common Lisp influenced Scala Eiffel influenced Scala Erlang influenced Scala F# influenced Scala Haskell influenced Scala Lisp influenced Scala OCaml influenced Scala R5RS influenced Scala Scheme influenced Scala Standard ML influenced Scala Lisp influenced Scheme APL influenced Self Pascal influenced Standard ML BASIC influenced Visual Basic Haskell influenced Visual Basic Fortran sed C APL BASIC Lisp AWK Java Eiffel Perl Self R5RS Scheme Pascal Ruby JavaScript Raku Clean Standard ML Ada Prolog Haskell Erlang Common Lisp Python OCaml D Scala Visual Basic C# F# C++ Lua Solid arrows: influence, oldest at the top. Dashed: compiles to / is a dialect of / implements. 