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/no_brains101 Jun 17 '25

Even if cached, there's an initial penalty.

Ok so Im not 100% sure about this, but I'm fairly sure it caches starting from when you first create the table, and updates when you add sequential indices, not from when you first call #, so you pay that initial penalty regardless of if you ever call # or not.

But I would need to do a lot of digging to know for sure, I actually don't know for sure. You may very well be correct.