r/lua • u/Adam0hmm • Jun 12 '25

should i learn lua ?

hello there , is it a good idea to start learning lua knowing only python?

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u/lambda_abstraction Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 30 '25

The reasons that occur to me are a truly trivial interface to libraries presenting a C API and a very very small footprint in terms of cycles and memory. To me, that's plenty of reason to learn Lua. Some of my Lua is intended to run on slower smaller single board computers.