Java vs. Lua vs. Nim vs. Visual LANSA Comparison Chart

Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. It supports procedural programming, object-oriented programming, functional programming, data-driven programming, and data description. Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode with a register-based virtual machine, and has automatic memory management with incremental garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping. Lua has a deserved reputation for performance. To claim to be "as fast as Lua" is an aspiration of other scripting languages. Several benchmarks show Lua as the fastest language in the realm of interpreted scripting languages. Lua is fast not only in fine-tuned benchmark programs, but in real life too. Substantial fractions of large applications have been written in Lua.

Visual LANSA is a low-code development platform used by IT pros to build enterprise web and mobile apps faster, easier, and at a lower cost than traditional coding. Trusted by thousands of customers across the globe, Visual LANSA accelerates application development by eliminating the need to master multiple technical skills normally required to produce software applications. Once an app is developed, it can be deployed to an IBM i, Windows, or Linux server. One IDE, one language, no limitations. Visual LANSA includes features such as access Controls/Permissions, code assistance, code refactoring, collaboration tools, compatibility testing, data modeling, debugging, deployment management, graphical user interface, mobile development, No-Code, Reporting/Analytics, software development, source control, and version control. Visual LANSA offers 24/7 live support and online support.