List of Lua derived VMs and Languages

Question

Is there a compendium of virtual machines and languages derived or inspired by Lua? By derived, I mean usage beyond embedding and extending with modules. I'm wanting to research the Lua technology tree, and am looking for our combined knowledge of what already exists.

Current List:

• Bright - A C-like Lua Derivative http://bluedino.net/luapix/Bright.pdf
• Agena - An Algol68/SQL like Lua Derivative http://agena.sourceforge.net/
• LuaJIT - A (very impressive) JIT for Lua http://luajit.org
• MetaLua - An ML-style language extension http://metalua.luaforge.net/

Answer 1

There's a good list of Lua implementations on the lua users wiki, including compilers/interpreters, languages implemented in lua and languages based on lua.

Luaforge might also be a good resource.

Answer 2

It's just an implementation, not a list, but there's Lua-ML. There's an application paper and a technology paper. The code is a little out of date; apparently the nightly build at http://www.cminusminus.org/ is broken.

Answer 3

• Squirrel -- high level imperative/OO programming language
• GSL Shell -- interactive CLI with easy access to the GNU Scientific Library (GSL)
• Objective Lua -- almost pure superset of Lua that welds the Objective C object orientation system and syntax on top of the classic Lua language
• Jill -- Java Implementation of Lua Language
• Dao -- OO programming language with soft (or optional) typing, BNF-like macro system