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Lua

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Lua
A fast, lightweight scripting language designed and maintained by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Pronounced "loo-uh," the name means "moon" in Portuguese. It is free software but not open source, as it is written entirely by PUC-Rio. Introduced in 1993, Lua is known for its speed and small memory footprint. It is used in embedded systems as well as games on Windows, Unix/Linux and smartphone platforms and is easily integrated with programs written in other languages. Although not object oriented, it has mechanisms for creating classes and inheritance. For more information, visit www.lua.org.
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The word is derived from two others: Lua, meaning sun, and ata, meaning variously eggs, life, young, and reproduction.
The People That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
"You will come here again just before Lua hides his face behind the great cliff," announced the creature, "unless before that you are summoned by Him Who Speaks for Luata, in which case you will not have to eat any more.
Out of Time's Abyss by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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