Is Lua inefficient?

Although the Lua compiler is quite efficient when compared with compilers for other languages, compilation is a heavy task . So, you should avoid compiling code in your program (e.g., function loadstring) whenever possible.

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Is Lua better than C++?

The only “real” advantages of Lua over C++ is that you don’t have to compile it , and there are a lot of premade Lua interpreters that you can integrate really easily. Sure, you could use C++, but then you’ve either gotta interpret it, or dynamically link files to your code to use it, and that’s just a pain.

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Is Lua the fastest?

Lua is fast To claim to be “as fast as Lua” is an aspiration of other scripting languages. Several benchmarks show Lua as the fastest language in the realm of interpreted scripting languages . Lua is fast not only in fine-tuned benchmark programs, but in real life too.26 Oca 2022

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