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The MoonScript Programming Language
Published on (Updated: 02 May 2020)
Welcome to the Moonscript page! Here, you’ll find a description of the language as well as a list of sample programs in that language.
Description
According to [MoonScript.org][1], MoonScript is a dynamic scripting language that compiles into Lua. What is Lua? Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. It supports procedural programming, object-oriented programming, functional programming, data-driven programming, and data description.
Back to MoonScript, it gives you the full power of Lua while providing a clean easy syntax without the keyword noise typically seen in a Lua script. MoonScript can either be compiled into Lua, or it can be dynamically compiled and run using the moonloader.
How did MoonScript start you may ask? Well, its author [Leaf Corcoran][2] built MoonScript, started building games with MoonScript, added them to [itch.io][3], an online platform for indie games which is also built with MoonScript, then generalized the code base to a general purpose web framework with both MoonScript and Lua APIs called Lapis.