The previous discussion[1] made a good case for Lua. Shipping Lua as a first-class alternative to VimL also happens to be the primary goal for Neovim in 2017.

The previous discussion[1] made a good case for Lua. Shipping Lua as a first-class alternative to VimL also happens to be the primary goal for Neovim in 2017. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=895350 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=895350