LUA vs LISP Programming Language

LUA is an open source Programming language created by Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, and Waldemar Celes in 1993. It is implemented in the C Programming language. Its main use case is in Large server systems and mobile applications. It helps in automatic memory management and handling strings very efficiently.

Some Features of LUA:

• LUA is Extensible Programming Language.
• It is Portable and easy to use
• It is an Open-source Programming language which means anyone can use it for free.
• It is efficient in handling Dynamic size data structures.
• It is used in Scripting Applications.
• It is used in Web scripting.

Syntax:

print(output)

print is the Print statement to output anything.

Example: 

C++

--THIS CODE IS WRITTEN IN LUA--
print("Hello World")

Output:

Hello World

LISP is a high-level Programming language created by John McCarthy in 1958 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It can be used for Artificial Intelligence programs. Its main benefit is that the symbolic information can be processed very effectively.

Some Features of LISP:

• It provides high level debugging.
• It has a complete Input/Output library
• It is not machine-dependent.
• It provides extensive control structures.
• It is based on the expression.

Syntax:

(write-line “Output”)

write-line is a Print statement to print anything.

Example:

Lisp

(write-line "Hello World")

Output:

Hello World

Following is the table of Differences between LUA and LISP Programming Language:

	LUA	LISP
1.	Lua is an open-source Programming language	Lisp is a high-level Programming language
2.	LUA is  Extensible and easy to use.	Lisp provides extensive control structures.
3.	LUA is used in Large server systems and mobile applications.	Lisp provides high level debugging.
4.	LUA helps in doing Web scripting.	Lisp is Machine-Independent Language
5.	LUA is used for Game Programming	Lisp can Process symbolic information very efficiently.
6.	LUA consists of two parts Lua interpreter part and the functioning software system	Lisp  is based on Expressions