> it seems like Lua is already a pretty niche language Keep in mind that what we see on the internet is a vocal publicly part. Some important domains are not p

> it seems like Lua is already a pretty niche language Keep in mind that what we see on the internet is a vocal publicly part. Some important domains are not publicly represented. For example, in my domain CGI/VFX, Python is used all around, but lua has growth in some places. For example it is used in Guerilla[0] and Katana[1], two software related to rendering and scene management. Technically a niche, but commercial product too. So, groups of people uses it all day but you will not find questions about it on stack overflow. The reason to choose lua despite having Python all around is it's lightweight, apps can hack the VM for your specific needs, function call cost is faster and you can easily expand it with C (compared to Python). This is just an example related to my domain, but I suspect this pattern is similar in many domains that doesn't pop on the internet. I suspect web dev is overexposed on the internet, making people thinking it's how dev runs all around. [0]: http://guerillarender.com/ http://guerillarender.com/ [1]: https://www.foundry.com/products/katana https://www.foundry.com/products/katana