https://www.lua.org/pil/2.5.html https://www.lua.org/pil/2.5.html “The table type implements associative arrays.” Simplified (and some hand waving): In Python

https://www.lua.org/pil/2.5.html https://www.lua.org/pil/2.5.html “The table type implements associative arrays.” Simplified (and some hand waving): In Python associative arrays are called dict, in Lua they are called table.