Lua is a simple language to learn, but with plenty of power. It is object-oriented, and supports functional programming, and supports multi-threaded programming. Lua was not designed to be run alone though, and you should have in mind some other program which uses Lua already when learning Lua. It was created to be embedded in other programs, to provide a scripting environment to glue and interact with the mother program (Example: Renoise, as well as many games and game engines). You have a reason for wanting to learn Lua already so let's jump in.

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