Editing Lua (section)

===Languages that compile to Lua===
* MoonScript is a [[Dynamic programming language|dynamic]], [[Whitespace character|whitespace]]-sensitive [[scripting language]] inspired by [[CoffeeScript]], which is compiled into Lua. This means that instead of using <code>do</code> and <code>end</code> (or <code>{</code> and <code>}</code>) to delimit sections of code it uses [[Line break (computing)|line breaks]] and [[indentation style]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Language Guide - MoonScript 0.5.0|url=https://moonscript.org/reference/|access-date=2020-09-25|website=moonscript.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=leaf|title=leafo/moonscript|website=[[GitHub]] |date=2020-09-23|url=https://github.com/leafo/moonscript|access-date=2020-09-25}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=https://andregarzia.com/2020/06/languages-that-compile-to-lua.html |title=Languages that compile to Lua |website=AndreGarzia.com |last1=Garzia |first1=Andre Alves |access-date= 25 September 2020}}</ref> A notable use of MoonScript is the video game distribution website [[Itch.io]].
* [[Haxe]] supports compiling to some Lua targets, including Lua 5.1-5.3 and [[LuaJIT]] 2.0 and 2.1.
* Fennel, a Lisp dialect that targets Lua.<ref name=":1"/>
* Urn, a [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]] dialect built on Lua.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Urn: A Lisp implementation for Lua {{!}} Urn|url=https://urn-lang.com/|access-date=2021-01-12|website=urn-lang.com}}</ref>
* Amulet, an [[ML (programming language)|ML]]-like [[functional programming]] language, which compiler emits Lua files.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amulet ML|url=https://amulet.works/|access-date=2021-01-12|website=amulet.works|language=en-US}}</ref>
* LunarML, Standard ML compiler that produces Lua/JavaScript<ref>{{Cite web|title=LunarML, Standard ML compiler that produces Lua/JavaScript|website=[[GitHub]] |url=https://github.com/minoki/LunarML}}</ref>