I have settled on Lua and C/C++ as my principle language/environment and it is a real joy. I think anyone who is 'into' C++ and hasn't yet grok'ed what Lua can

I have settled on Lua and C/C++ as my principle language/environment and it is a real joy. I think anyone who is 'into' C++ and hasn't yet grok'ed what Lua can do for them is going to have a good time if they dig deeper. Lua can do anything those other languages can do. And you can write C++ for the hard stuff. I'm sort of surprised it doesn't come up more in this environment, but modern C++, Lua, and LuaJIT .. these things appear, to me, far more valuable than given by the hoipolloi .. The point is, an investment in C++ does not mean you can't 'have all the fun toys too', because .. you can. And boy do they kick ass.