Lua vs Python

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Both Python and Lua are scripting, imperative, and functional languages, however Python is reflective, and Lua is prototype-based.

Lua uses less memory and has faster interpreter and JIT compiler.

Lua C integration is cleaner.

Python has a larger standard library and a much larger ecosystem built around it.

Lua uses indexes that start at 1.

Python is named after a comedy show (Monthy Python), where Lua is named after the Moon (Lua means moon in Portuguese).

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