Definitions

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  • proper noun A lightweight programming language with dynamic typing.

Etymologies

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From the Portuguese lua ("moon").

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Examples

  • This is undoubtedly wonderful for developers and power users - I may even find the time to take advantage of it myself one day, but right now I'm stuck having to convert my old configuration file to Lua, which is a pain.

    Planet Sun 2009

  • The scripting code, called Lua, compiles into an iPhone application that can be sold at Apple's App Store.

    InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 2009

  • This is undoubtedly wonderful for developers and power users - I may even find the time to take advantage of it myself one day, but right now I'm stuck having to convert my old configuration file to Lua, which is a pain.

    Planet Sun 2009

  • Though his recording "Lua" still is a college classic, Outer South's more "commercial" band approach may deliver that big radio acceptance and extended tour that will help Oberst introduce his multi-faceted story to what's left of the masses still unfamiliar with his work.

    Mike Ragogna: New Tunes On Monday: Yusuf (Cat Stevens), Ben Harper and Relentless7, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, New York Dolls, and Paul Potts 2009

  • "A man don't put 'Lua' on a map without he's got some idea."

    The Belted Seas Arthur Willis Colton

  • The word is derived from two others: Lua, meaning sun, and ata, meaning variously eggs, life, young, and reproduction.

    The People That Time Forgot Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912

  • Witness: Conor Oberst's duet with Gillian Welch on 'Lua' is pretty as you like, though it lacks the startling intimacy of his original, Cat Power's 'Amazing Grace' is exactly what you'd expect from Marshall for better or worse (better in this case, it has to be said), and Kevin Drew's 'Love Vs. Porn' seems an oddly subdued exeunt.

    Drowned In Sound // Feed 2009

  • Witness: Conor Oberst's duet with Gillian Welch on 'Lua' is pretty as you like, though it lacks the startling intimacy of his original, Cat Power's 'Amazing Grace' is exactly what you'd expect from Marshall for better or worse (better in this case, it has to be said), and Kevin Drew's 'Love Vs. Porn' seems an oddly subdued exeunt.

    Drowned In Sound // Feed 2009

  • · Experienced in 3D software package (Max, Maya) or game editor (Unreal, Source, Radiant) · Experience with game scripting systems such as Lua, Python or Kismet

    The game retail industry according to MCV 2009

  • Witness: Conor Oberst's duet with Gillian Welch on 'Lua' is pretty as you like, though it lacks the startling intimacy of his original, Cat Power's 'Amazing Grace' is exactly what you'd expect from Marshall for better or worse (better in this case, it has to be said), and Kevin Drew's 'Love Vs. Porn' seems an oddly subdued exeunt.

    Drowned In Sound // Feed 2009

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