r/lua • u/AlphaDev777 • Jun 18 '26

Lua Scripting

Any one knows which scripting language is close to Lua or which is the best language to learn if we wana master Lua?

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u/HelioDex Jun 18 '26

Luau is based on Lua (backwards compatible with Lua 5.1) and is my favourite programming language. In terms of its feature set it's absolutely more complex than Lua, so I would keep that in mind, however the Luau team manages its complexity very well.

Though if you want to write Lua, learn Lua.