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by cardanome 181 days ago
Do you have any reason to upgrade to 5.5?

Many people still use 5.1 because that is already a complete language that works fine. Most people don't really need the new features. Plus if you stay on 5.1 you get compatibility with LuaJit and Luau so much better performance.

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There are nice new features in recent updates, but so far our strategy has been to stick to the version we use.