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This is also why Lua is called Lua, the original configuration language was called SOL, for Simple Object Language. It never shipped, by the time the desired code was delivered to Petrobras, it was the first edition of Lua.

The authors have a fun read[0] about the history of the language, for the curious.

[0]: https://www.lua.org/history.html




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