FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which best describes Lua?
A
Scripting
B
Interpreted
C
Compiled
D
Compiled
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lua scripting is used to dynamize forms and reports. It’s a software workshop that allows you to create real database management applications. NUT allows Applications written in Lua. OpenResty, a web platform based on nginx, supports Lua scripting in different execution phases.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lua has been used in many industrial applications (e.g., Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom), with an emphasis on embedded systems (e.g., the Ginga middleware for digital TV in Brazil) and games (e.g., World of Warcraft and Angry Birds). Lua is currently the leading scripting language in games.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lua is a robust, lightweight, and embeddable scripting language that supports multiple programming methods, including procedural, object-oriented, functional, and data-driven programming.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lua is implemented in pure ANSI C and compiles unmodified in all known platforms. All you need to build Lua is an ANSI C compiler (gcc and clang are a popular ones). Lua also compiles cleanly as C++.

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