Question

Is there a compendium of virtual machines and languages derived or inspired by Lua? By derived, I mean usage beyond embedding and extending with modules. I’m wanting to research the Lua technology tree, and am looking for our combined knowledge of what already exists.

Current List:

• Bright – A C-like Lua Derivative http://bluedino.net/luapix/Bright.pdf
• Agena – An Algol68/SQL like Lua Derivative http://agena.sourceforge.net/
• LuaJIT – A (very impressive) JIT for Lua http://luajit.org
• MetaLua – An ML-style language extension http://metalua.luaforge.net/

Answer 1

• Squirrel — high level imperative/OO programming language
• GSL Shell — interactive CLI with easy access to the GNU Scientific Library (GSL)
• Objective Lua — almost pure superset of Lua that welds the Objective C object orientation system and syntax on top of the classic Lua language
• Jill — Java Implementation of Lua Language
• Dao — OO programming language with soft (or optional) typing, BNF-like macro system
• MoonScript — CoffeeScript inspired language that compiles into lua