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I like to keep my eye on these browsers. Conkeror got very close to being the sort of browser I would like to have but was just a little bit too slow compared t

I like to keep my eye on these browsers. Conkeror got very close to being the sort of browser I would like to have but was just a little bit too slow compared to Webkit based browsers. One thing that puzzles me about this though: why lua when you have access to JS engines? Would I have to use two extension languages to write a plugin which touches a webpage and the chrome?

silentbicycle 16y ago
As extension languages go, Lua is like a better Javascript. The whole design is cleaner, and it has a very high performance JIT compiler (LuaJIT, http://luajit.org/ http://luajit.org/) for x86 platforms. Mainly, though, I think the devs just prefer it. (I do, too.) Also, using a separate scripting language makes the local / web barrier clearer, which probably helps with security.