# why lua? not!

* no array, lists: only tables
* tables start at index 1
* comments: -- or --\[\[ multiline comment --\]\]
* methods on instances: obj:method or class.method(obj)
* optional ; on line end, but ;; is illegal "There are no empty statements and thus ';;' is not legal."
* .. operator: concat string with number
* ! -> not
* && -> and

```
local key = "foo"
{[key]= 23}

{foo = 42}
```