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Roberto Ierusalimschy is a Brazilian computer scientist and an associate professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). He is best known as the lead architect and co-creator of the Lua programming language, which he developed with Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo and Waldemar Celes. Released in 1993, Lua was designed as a lightweight, embeddable scripting language and has since been widely adopted in video games, embedded systems, and various software applications globally.
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What did Roberto Ierusalimschy create?
Roberto Ierusalimschy was one of the three creators of the Lua programming language. Lua was developed in 1993 at Tecgraf, the computer graphics laboratory associated with PUC-Rio.
Who created Lua with Roberto Ierusalimschy?
He worked with Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo and Waldemar Celes. The three researchers have continued to design and maintain Lua through PUC-Rio and its associated laboratories.
Why is Lua used in video games?
Lua is compact, portable, and designed to be embedded inside larger programs written in languages such as C or C++. It has been used in games including World of Warcraft, Grim Fandango, and Angry Birds.
Where does Roberto Ierusalimschy work?
Ierusalimschy is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. The official Lua authors page identifies PUC-Rio as the language's home since 1993.
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