The libraries thing is just you dont need the libraries, which are the main advantage. Python is a 3MB binary, while Lua is 175k, for a start. This is for Ngin

The libraries thing is just you dont need the libraries, which are the main advantage. Python is a 3MB binary, while Lua is 175k, for a start. This is for Nginx which is 960k. Embedding something three times the size of the host is not really an embed... Lua is embedded in all sorts of stuff, Nginx, Apache, Redis in web space for example. Python is a great language, but just not a good choice for that. But feel free to give a Python embed a go.