Alternatives to Lua for all platforms with any license

Python

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, extensible programming language. It provides an extraordinary combination of clarity and versatility, and is free...

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JavaScript

JavaScript (sometimes shortened to JS) is a lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with first-class functions, most known as the scripting language for Web...

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PHP

PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.

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- PHP is mainly used for web applications, which is not the area where Lua shines. superluminar • Dec 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
C (programming language)

C is a general-purpose computer programming language. C is one of the most widely used programming languages of all time.

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- C works well for entirely different use cases than Lua. superluminar • Dec 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
C++

C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose, powerful programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it...

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- Lua and C++ serve very different use cases. superluminar • Dec 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Ruby

Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated...

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C#

C# is a multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and...

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Go (Programming Language)

Go, also called golang, is a programming language initially developed at Google in 2007 by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson. It is a statically-typed...

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Perl

Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language with over 22 years of development. The Perl languages borrow features from other...

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Haskell

Haskell is an advanced purely-functional programming language. An open-source product of more than twenty years of cutting-edge research, it allows rapid development of...

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Scala

Scala is a modern multi-paradigm programming language based on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) designed to express common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and...

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Dart

Dart (originally called Dash) is a Web programming language developed by Google. It was unveiled at the GOTO conference in Aarhus, 2011 October 10-12. The goal of Dart...

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D (Programming Language)

D is a language with C-like syntax and static typing. It pragmatically combines efficiency, control, and modeling power, with safety and programmer productivity. ...

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Contract programming Functional Language High Level Multiparadigm ... Object-oriented Language Add a feature

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Nim (programming language)

Nim is a statically typed, imperative programming language with a powerful macro system that tries to give the programmer ultimate power without compromises on runtime...

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Easy readability Imperative Language Lisp-like Object-oriented Language Add a feature

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Apple Swift

Swift is a programming language for iOS, OS X, watchOS and tvOS apps that builds on the best of C and Objective-C, without the constraints of C compatibility. Swift...

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