Lua was basically made as tool for making scripting environment for your app. It has minimal batteries because it's up to you to provide functions/API for your

Lua was basically made as tool for making scripting environment for your app. It has minimal batteries because it's up to you to provide functions/API for your scripts. I personally like lua because it's conceptually very simple. It has just eight basic types and that's all. Also it does not dictate you how to use it. It provides mechanisms, not policies.