I think you are correct. I think this is why certain Vim "demigods" have arisen (aka tpope). Only a few take the time to learn VimScript. In my humble opinio

I think you are correct. I think this is why certain Vim "demigods" have arisen (aka tpope). Only a few take the time to learn VimScript. In my humble opinion, when I took the time to try and learn it a while back, I ascertained that it was not worth my time. Having never written a line of Lua in my life, on the other hand, I was able to pick it up in exponentially less time than the small bit of VimScript that I "know". Lua is not a fantastic language, but it is infinitely better than VimScript.