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List of Lua derived VMs and Languages


Is there a compendium of virtual machines and languages derived or inspired by Lua? By derived, I mean usage beyond embedding and extending with modules. I'm wanting to research the Lua technology tree, and am looking for our combined knowledge of what already exists.

Current List:


Solution

    • Squirrel -- high level imperative/OO programming language
    • GSL Shell -- interactive CLI with easy access to the GNU Scientific Library (GSL)
    • Objective Lua -- almost pure superset of Lua that welds the Objective C object orientation system and syntax on top of the classic Lua language
    • Jill -- Java Implementation of Lua Language
    • Dao -- OO programming language with soft (or optional) typing, BNF-like macro system
    • MoonScript -- CoffeeScript inspired language that compiles into lua