I initially picked up Lua because it was so easy to embed ( also it was small ). Recently I have seen it used more as a stand alone language, but it really shin

I initially picked up Lua because it was so easy to embed ( also it was small ). Recently I have seen it used more as a stand alone language, but it really shines when you need to add a scripting layer to an existing project. I was making a GUI for a control system and I exposed all the drawing primitives and control points to Lua and was able to get a very fast prototype cycle working.