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Show Notes
Seven reasons you should be using Lua.
Procedural programming and anonymous functions. See [Lua for Python
programmers](http://the4thwiki.com/lua/func.html) for examples.
[Luarocks.org](http://luarocks.org) package manager. Predictable syntax. `
$ python
>>> foo = 10
>>> if foo is 10:
print("yes")
>>> if foo is less than 10:
print("yes")
Error.
` Arrays, lists, dicts, and arrays-of-arrays are out. Tables and metatables
are in! Tabs are optional. The [the LÖVE game engine](http://love2d.org).
GUI frameworks. Familiar. Know Bash? Know Python? You'll learn Lua quickly.
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