If you're looking for something like a "typed Lua" I suggest checking out Nelua (nelua.io). It's almost 100% regular Lua syntax and compiles to C, so you get t

If you're looking for something like a "typed Lua" I suggest checking out Nelua (nelua.io). It's almost 100% regular Lua syntax and compiles to C, so you get the nice syntax plus speed, similar to Crystal/Ruby. It's not perfect but is interesting nonetheless.