Lua

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embeddable scripting language programming language scripting language

Lua is a lightweight, embeddable scripting language widely used for game development, configuration, and extending applications.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Lua canonical	45
Lua programming language	7
Lua (NodeMCU firmware)	1
Lua (through prototype ideas)	1
Lua (via LuaJIT experimental backends)	1
Lua 5.1	1
Lua Reference Manual	1
Lua scripting	1
Lua team at PUC-Rio	1
Lua.org	1
LuaInputFilter	1
LuaScope	1
LuaTeX	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T805105 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lua
Context triple: [Codex, supportsLanguage, Lua]

A. Elm
Elm is a civil parish and village in Cambridgeshire, England, known for its rural character and historic church.
B. Elm
Elm is a statically typed, functional programming language that compiles to JavaScript and is designed for building reliable, maintainable web front-end applications.
C. Julia
Julia is a high-level, high-performance programming language designed for numerical computing, data science, and scientific research, combining the ease of dynamic languages with the speed of compiled languages.
D. Julia
Julia is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in many languages and cultures.
E. GML
GML (Geography Markup Language) is an XML-based standard developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium for modeling, transporting, and storing geographic information and spatial features.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lua
Target entity description: Lua is a lightweight, embeddable scripting language widely used for game development, configuration, and extending applications.

A. Elm
Elm is a civil parish and village in Cambridgeshire, England, known for its rural character and historic church.
B. Elm
Elm is a statically typed, functional programming language that compiles to JavaScript and is designed for building reliable, maintainable web front-end applications.
C. Julia
Julia is a high-level, high-performance programming language designed for numerical computing, data science, and scientific research, combining the ease of dynamic languages with the speed of compiled languages.
D. Julia
Julia is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in many languages and cultures.
E. GML
GML (Geography Markup Language) is an XML-based standard developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium for modeling, transporting, and storing geographic information and spatial features.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	embeddable scripting language ⓘ programming language ⓘ scripting language ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Brazil ⓘ
designedBy	Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo ⓘ Roberto Ierusalimschy ⓘ Waldemar Celes ⓘ
designGoal	efficiency ⓘ extensibility ⓘ portability ⓘ small footprint ⓘ
developer	PUC-Rio ⓘ Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
fileExtension	.lua ⓘ
hasFeature	automatic memory management ⓘ coroutines ⓘ first-class functions ⓘ garbage collection ⓘ metatables ⓘ tables as primary data structure ⓘ tail call optimization ⓘ
implementationLanguage	C ⓘ
inception	1993 ⓘ
influenced	Garry's Mod Lua ⓘ LuaJIT ⓘ Moonscript ⓘ Tarantool Lua ⓘ
influencedBy	DEL ⓘ Modula ⓘ SNOBOL ⓘ SOL ⓘ linked to: Sol Scheme ⓘ
license	MIT License ⓘ
paradigm	functional programming language ⓘ imperative programming language ⓘ procedural programming language ⓘ prototype-based programming language ⓘ
standardImplementation	Puc-Rio Lua ⓘ
supports	embedding in C and C++ applications ⓘ
typingDiscipline	duck typing ⓘ dynamic typing ⓘ
useCase	application scripting ⓘ configuration ⓘ embedded systems ⓘ game development ⓘ server-side scripting ⓘ
usedIn	Garry's Mod ⓘ Nginx (via OpenResty) ⓘ linked to: nginx Redis scripting ⓘ linked to: Redis Roblox (via a dialect, Luau) ⓘ Wireshark dissectors ⓘ World of Warcraft addons ⓘ linked to: World of Warcraft
website	https://www.lua.org/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Codex → supportsLanguage → Lua ⓘ

Julia → influencedBy → Lua ⓘ

Scheme → influenced → Lua ⓘ

OpenWrt → programmingLanguage → Lua ⓘ

LLVM → supportsLanguageFrontend → Lua (via LuaJIT experimental backends) ⓘ

linked to: Lua

TeX → influenced → LuaTeX ⓘ

subject linked to: TeX typesetting system

linked to: Lua

Smalltalk → influenced → Lua ⓘ

Self → influenced → Lua (through prototype ideas) ⓘ

linked to: Lua

Neovim → programmingLanguage → Lua ⓘ

Neovim → supportsScriptingLanguage → Lua ⓘ

Nmap → programmingLanguage → Lua ⓘ

Nmap → writtenIn → Lua ⓘ

libsodium → supportsLanguageBinding → Lua ⓘ

SILE → hasProgrammingLanguage → Lua ⓘ

SILE → hasConfigurationFormat → Lua ⓘ

SILE → supportsExtensionLanguage → Lua ⓘ

LuaTeX → embeds → Lua ⓘ

LuaTeX → programmingLanguage → Lua ⓘ

ESP8266 → isProgrammableWith → Lua (NodeMCU firmware) ⓘ

subject linked to: ESP8266 microcontrollers

linked to: Lua

Swagger Codegen → supportsLanguage → Lua ⓘ

Roberto Ierusalimschy → knownFor → Lua programming language ⓘ

linked to: Lua

Roberto Ierusalimschy → programmingLanguageDesigned → Lua ⓘ

Roberto Ierusalimschy → coCreatorOf → Lua ⓘ

Roberto Ierusalimschy → associatedWith → Lua.org ⓘ

linked to: Lua

Roberto Ierusalimschy → publicationTopic → Lua programming language ⓘ

linked to: Lua

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo → knownFor → Lua programming language ⓘ

linked to: Lua

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo → hasCreated → Lua programming language ⓘ

linked to: Lua

Waldemar Celes → notableWork → Lua programming language ⓘ

linked to: Lua

Waldemar Celes → programmingLanguageDesigned → Lua ⓘ

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro → isBirthplaceOf → Lua programming language ⓘ

linked to: Lua

LuaJIT → programmingLanguage → Lua ⓘ

LuaJIT → supportsLanguageVersion → Lua 5.1 ⓘ

linked to: Lua

MoonScript → compilesTo → Lua ⓘ

subject linked to: Moonscript

MoonScript → targetRuntime → Lua ⓘ

subject linked to: Moonscript

MoonScript → influencedBy → Lua ⓘ

subject linked to: Moonscript

Garry's Mod Lua → basedOn → Lua ⓘ

Tarantool Lua → basedOn → Lua ⓘ

PUC-Rio Lua → implements → Lua programming language ⓘ

subject linked to: Puc-Rio Lua

linked to: Lua

PUC-Rio Lua → maintainedBy → Lua team at PUC-Rio ⓘ

subject linked to: Puc-Rio Lua

linked to: Lua

PUC-Rio Lua → documentation → Lua Reference Manual ⓘ

subject linked to: Puc-Rio Lua

linked to: Lua

Roblox → originalProgrammingLanguage → Lua ⓘ

subject linked to: Roblox (via a dialect, Luau)

Roblox → usesScriptingLanguage → Lua ⓘ

subject linked to: Roblox (via a dialect, Luau)

Luau → basedOn → Lua ⓘ

subject linked to: Roblox (via a dialect, Luau)

Garry's Mod → usesProgrammingLanguage → Lua ⓘ

TJ Holowaychuk → programmingLanguage → Lua ⓘ

subject linked to: visionmedia

Io (programming language) → influencedBy → Lua ⓘ

FlatBuffers → supportsLanguage → Lua ⓘ

packer.nvim → programmingLanguage → Lua ⓘ

lazy.nvim → programmingLanguage → Lua ⓘ

GObject Introspection → supportsLanguage → Lua ⓘ

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Referenced by (63)

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