How Programming Languages Got Their Names

Re:How Programming Languages Got Their Names by Log_out_ on Thursday February 08, 2024 @09:30AM (#39302286)

Lua?

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Re:How Programming Languages Got Their Names by rarafael on Thursday February 08, 2024 @09:54AM (#39302597)

Lua means 'Moon' in Portuguese, as it is also their logo: https://lua.org

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Re:How Programming Languages Got Their Names by jecel on Thursday February 08, 2024 @10:21AM (#39302932)

And it is the successor to DEL (Data Entry Language) and SOL (Simple Object Language). Since 'Sol' is 'Sun' in Portuguese, they decided it would make sense to move to Moon.

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