Lua - 30 Metrics & AHP Score
Lua is a Procedural, Object-Oriented programming language first appeared in 1993, designed by PUC-Rio. Main use cases: Automation, Scripting, DevOps.
Introduction
Lua is a Procedural, Object-Oriented programming language first appeared in 1993, designed by PUC-Rio. Main use cases: Automation, Scripting, DevOps.
30 Metrics
| Metric | Value | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub Stars | 49649 | 33 |
| Stack Overflow Tags | 650423 | 36 |
| TIOBE Rank | 70 | |
| RedMonk Rank | 75 | |
| PYPL Rank | 72 | |
| Average Salary (USD) | 108091 | 43 |
| Job Postings | 30892 | 47 |
| Benchmarks Score | 0.7 | 46 |
| Learning Curve | Medium | |
| Community Size | Large | |
| Documentation Quality | 5 | |
| Ecosystem Maturity | 6 | |
| Industry Adoption | 6 | |
| Type System Complexity | 6 | |
| Concurrency Support | 9 | |
| Performance - Execution Speed | 9 | |
| Performance - Memory Usage | 10 | |
| Performance - Startup Time | 7 | |
| Tooling Quality | 8 | |
| Package Manager Quality | 7 | |
| IDE Support | 8 | |
| Debugging Experience | 9 | |
| GitHub Stars Rank | 33 | |
| Stack Overflow Tags Rank | 36 | |
| Average Salary Rank | 43 | |
| Job Postings Rank | 47 | |
| Benchmarks Rank | 46 | |
| Learning Curve Score | 5 | |
| Community Size Score | 7 | |
| AHP Score | 6.85 | 39 |
Hello World Example
print('Hello, World!')
Main Use Cases
- Automation
- Scripting
- DevOps
- Text Processing
Popular Frameworks
- LÖVE
- LuaJIT
AHP Score
Lua AHP Score: 6.85 (#39)