A large difference is that Lua source is not in the form of Lua tables — and that makes all the difference! Having full access to your complete language at rea

A large difference is that Lua source is not in the form of Lua tables — and that makes all the difference! Having full access to your complete language at read, compile and run times is what makes Lisp Lisp, and that can only sanely be done with a homoiconic language.