This is interesting, but lua needs a refresh. I think berrylang shows a lot of promise now https://berry-lang.github.io/ https://berry-lang.github.io/. The doc

This is interesting, but lua needs a refresh. I think berrylang shows a lot of promise now https://berry-lang.github.io/ https://berry-lang.github.io/. The documentation has improved a lot and while it doesn't have a 'luajit' yet it has a lot of really interesting optimisation/reduction techniques.