IMO Lua's main strength is its implementation, not the language itself. Compared to Python, it's more performant, lightweight, portable and robust [0]. Unfortu

IMO Lua's main strength is its implementation, not the language itself. Compared to Python, it's more performant, lightweight, portable and robust [0]. Unfortunately, the language itself is "quirky" at best. Its has unusual syntax, variables that are global by default, and pervasive use of `nil`. I personally also dislike build-your-own-object-system and the language's conflation of lists and maps. I too have been looking for an alternative to Lua - I want a language like Python with an implementation like Lua's, which I could use both for embedding and standalone command-line applications. I've even considered building something like this myself - either from scratch or, perhaps, as a fork of MicroPython. [0] https://www.lua.org/bugs.html https://www.lua.org/bugs.html