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Why don't use Lua 5.3?
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:36 am
by 2Ha
Have no time？Too much work？OR Lua 5.1 is the best?
Re: Why don't use Lua 5.3?
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:58 am
by slime
LÖVE uses LuaJIT, which is based on Lua 5.1. LuaJIT's main benefits over regular Lua versions are performance (it's 1.5-150x as fast as stock Lua) and its ability to use C data structures and call C functions directly, via its
FFI.
Re: Why don't use Lua 5.3?
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:39 pm
by zorg
And LuaJIT also adds in a few 5.2 and 5.3 features... and löve itself also adds in even more functions that can be found in newer lua versions too.