Lua is very small, mature, stable, interesting, and implemeted with a small footprint. There is a new JIT based system which improves performance. For a video

Lua is very small, mature, stable, interesting, and implemeted with a small footprint. There is a new JIT based system which improves performance. For a video introduction by the creator, Roberto Ierusalimschy who is a professor at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janro , watch the video: Small is Beautiful: the Design of Lua at http://ee380.stanford.edu http://ee380.stanford.edu. Roberto has done several books on the language which are very helpful and interesting.