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Re:How Programming Languages Got Their Names by BanazirGalbasi on Thursday February 08, 2024 @11:36AM (#39304052)
Lua: Portuguese for "moon", it was developed in Brazil as a successor to SOL (Simple Object Language) which also means "sun" in Portuguese.
Re:How Programming Languages Got Their Names by mysterydip on Thursday February 08, 2024 @11:39AM (#39304087)
Didn't know that, thanks! Makes me like it more, for some reason.