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Re:Lua, a Misunderstood Language by bawolff on Friday January 15, 2021 @07:23PM (#25798525)
Personally i get much more upset over lack of ++ operator than 1-array indexing. But either way its such a minor complaint.
Re:Lua, a Misunderstood Language by soapdog on Friday January 15, 2021 @07:35PM (#25798612)
I don't know if I am misremembering it but I believe that in a talk called "How much does it costs?", Roberto (one of the Lua creators) touch a bit on why there is no ++ and --:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUvgoxBm7uc