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kingmatt2 is not online. kingmatt2
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25 Jan 2014 10:58 PM
Sorry for any spelling errors im on mobile

1. Is Lua on any other game engines
2. Will it ever be a full programming language
for real games?
3. What are the differences between other languages, other than format.
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magnalite is not online. magnalite
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25 Jan 2014 11:01 PM
1) Yes, most notably Source (gmod) and Love2D.
2) Depends what you mean by that but most likely no.
3) Lua is an interpreted whereas languages like C are compiled. Google to find the differences.
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kingmatt2 is not online. kingmatt2
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25 Jan 2014 11:05 PM
For number 3 i meant Java, Javascript,C,ect... and i meant whats the.diffrence other than format.
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magnalite is not online. magnalite
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25 Jan 2014 11:09 PM
Too many difference to state and there is no point unless you say two ones you want to directly compare or you generalize too much.
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kingmatt2 is not online. kingmatt2
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25 Jan 2014 11:13 PM
Okay. Java and javascript.
Not how it is typed. What it can do.
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TheLuaWeaver is not online. TheLuaWeaver
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25 Jan 2014 11:19 PM
1. Is Lua on any other game engines -> Yes

2. Will it ever be a full programming language for real games? -> Err, it is a programming language. Saying Lua isn't a "full programming language" is like saying Ruby or Python aren't.

3. What are the differences between other languages, other than format. -> Plenty.

~LuaWeaver; Programmer, gamer, developer.
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kingmatt2 is not online. kingmatt2
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25 Jan 2014 11:21 PM
What i meant by #2 is will it be used to create full scale games, and will b
e known elsewhere tjan here.
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lordrambo is not online. lordrambo
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25 Jan 2014 11:26 PM
Lua is already pretty known in the game development world. Also, for game engines, I like CryEngine.
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EchoReaper is not online. EchoReaper
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25 Jan 2014 11:27 PM
"What i meant by #2 is will it be used to create full scale games"

No -- Lua is too slow to make a full-scaled game. It can be used to make games that don't require a lot of power, but a game such as CoD/Battlefield will never be able to be programed in Lua.
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AndroidKitKat is not online. AndroidKitKat
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25 Jan 2014 11:32 PM
For #2, ALL, I repeat, ALL Turing-Complete languages can make games. Heck, even BrainF can make games.

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OneTrueGodTheHolyCow is not online. OneTrueGodTheHolyCow
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26 Jan 2014 03:09 AM
LUA It's A Kid Programing Language not Real, Its just 2 Prepare U For Wen U're about 15, Then U Move to Python But U Gotta use C++ And Java if U want 2 Know howt o User Computres :)
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