Lua

Hello World in Lua

Lua is designed to be simple, and Hello World demonstrates this beautifully. In Lua, printing to the console is just one line—no imports, no classes, no boilerplate.

The Code

Create a file named …

Variables and Types in Lua

Lua takes a minimalist approach to its type system. With only eight basic types and no type declarations required, Lua lets you focus on solving problems rather than satisfying a compiler. Variables …

Strings Are Not Simple: How 12 Languages Model Text (And Why They Disagree)

Every programming language has strings. They’re so universal — so unremarkable — that we rarely stop to ask how they actually work. You type some characters between quotation marks, hand them to …