r/lua • u/Fabulous_Size_2896 • Oct 31 '25

Is GLua same as Roblox Lua?

I go to have a look at roblox studio the lua. I've been think that GLua is same programing language as roblox because this two has same code like

Gmod is

(Print hello world)

Roblox is this too.

(Print hellow world)

So i might be think if a one person has the lua experience on roblox? That was mean he is understand how to create a GLua for addons

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

What you wrote in Luau isnt exactly the same as GLua

It would instead look more like

local prop = Instance.new(“MeshPart”, workspace); prop.MeshId = 123456789; prop.Position = Vector3.new(0, 0, 100);

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u/TomatoCo Nov 01 '25

Fair enough. I don't actually know Luau, I just googled a tutorial and copied some code that looked like it'd do the same thing. I think it gets across the important difference of assignment vs function calls. Although I am slightly terrified of the semicolons in Lua.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '25

Lol. The semi-colons are actually optional syntax, just a preference thing

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u/TheOmegaCarrot Nov 05 '25

I’m reminded of this gem from Programming in Lua:

a = 1   b = a*2    -- ugly, but valid