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> According to my Computer science teacher, interpreted languages such as Lua must be "bundled/wrapped with the interpreter" if you want to distribute the program such that it can be run on other devices that don't have lua installed.
>
> 1. Is he correct?
> 2. How exactly does one "bundle" or "wrap" lua with its interpreter?

Your teacher is correct.
There are several tools for this.
One tool is my srlua: https://web.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~lhf/ftp/lua/#srlua

For a relevant recent thread, see
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-07/msg00086.html