🆚 Java vs. Lua
- 📈 Lua is twice as popular as Java.
- 🌍 Lua is more popular in the United Kingdom, China, and Germany.
- 🌎 Java is more popular in the United States, Spain, and Switzerland.
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About
Java is a multi-platform, object-oriented programming language first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995, designed to run across different systems through the Java Virtual Machine.
It compiles source code into platform-independent bytecode executed by the JVM, enabling the "write once, run anywhere" model, and provides automatic memory management, built-in multithreading, strong type checking, and a comprehensive standard library for networking, I/O, and graphical interfaces.
Lua is a lightweight scripting language designed primarily for embedded use in applications.
It features a small core written in 
C/C++, automatic memory management, fast execution through a simple virtual machine, a flexible table-based data model, and a standard library that fits in a few hundred kilobytes, making it suitable for games, embedded systems, and extensible software.
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Popularity by country
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Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Vatican in the Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Korea in the Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Vatican in the Programming Languages category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Platforms category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in China in the Platforms category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Germany in the Programming Languages category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Korea in the Programming Languages category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Australia in the Programming Languages category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in France in the Programming Languages category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Russia in the Programming Languages category.
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Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,406,701 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.