# Creator of Lua: Scripting, Programming Languages, Predictions | Roberto Ierusalimschy

DevFeed: [Creator of Lua: Scripting, Programming Languages, Predictions | Roberto Ierusalimschy](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/creator-of-lua-scripting-programming-languages-predictions-roberto-ierusalimschy-18087.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.developing.dev/p/creator-of-lua-scripting-programming>)

Author: Ryan Peterman

Published: 2026-08-03T13:05:15Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Developing Dev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-developing-dev.md>)

Topics: [Lua](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/lua.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Scripting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scripting.md>), [C++](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/c-plus-plus.md>), [C](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/c.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [c](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c.md>), [c-plus-plus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c-plus-plus.md>), [lua](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lua.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [programming-languages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming-languages.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [scripting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scripting.md>)

## AI overview

A conversation with Lua creator Roberto Ierusalimschy explains how Lua works as an embeddable scripting language alongside C or C++, including how applications can call Lua or Lua can call C. The discussion also covers Lua's use in games such as World of Warcraft and Roblox and recommendations for learning other programming languages.

## Source excerpt

When I worked at Instagram, most of the codebase was in Python but occasionally I'd see these bindings into C++.