Lua - 30 Metrics & AHP Score
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 | 47699 | 40 |
| Stack Overflow Tags | 587525 | 49 |
| TIOBE Rank | 55 | |
| RedMonk Rank | 56 | |
| PYPL Rank | 59 | |
| Average Salary (USD) | 106277 | 42 |
| Job Postings | 28319 | 56 |
| Benchmarks Score | 0.81 | 32 |
| Learning Curve | Hard | |
| Community Size | Large | |
| Documentation Quality | 8 | |
| Ecosystem Maturity | 6 | |
| Industry Adoption | 7 | |
| Type System Complexity | 7 | |
| Concurrency Support | 7 | |
| Performance - Execution Speed | 9 | |
| Performance - Memory Usage | 9 | |
| Performance - Startup Time | 9 | |
| Tooling Quality | 7 | |
| Package Manager Quality | 8 | |
| IDE Support | 8 | |
| Debugging Experience | 8 | |
| GitHub Stars Rank | 40 | |
| Stack Overflow Tags Rank | 49 | |
| Average Salary Rank | 42 | |
| Job Postings Rank | 56 | |
| Benchmarks Rank | 32 | |
| Learning Curve Score | 3 | |
| Community Size Score | 7 | |
| AHP Score | 6.83 | 34 |
Hello World Example
print('Hello, World!')
Main Use Cases
- Automation
- Scripting
- DevOps
- Text Processing
Popular Frameworks
- LÖVE
- LuaJIT
AHP Score
Lua AHP Score: 6.83 (#34)