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by lifthrasiir 2107 days ago
> Debugging is built into the language in a simple way.

Lua debugging interface notably lacks breakpoints. You can simulate breakpoints by per-line hooks but it's not performant. Many popular JS engines including V8 do support performant breakpoints by bytecode patching, and Lua do have multiple patches doing the same (well, a common theme) but none is official.