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by rarafael 858 days ago
Lua means 'Moon' in Portuguese, as it is also their logo: https://lua.org
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jecel 858 days ago
And it is the successor to DEL (Data Entry Language) and SOL (Simple Object Language). Since 'Sol' is 'Sun' in Portuguese, they decided it would make sense to move to Moon.
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