That Lua is an "embedded" language is a strength, not a weakness: it's small enough and interoperable enough to be used in ways that most language implementatio

That Lua is an "embedded" language is a strength, not a weakness: it's small enough and interoperable enough to be used in ways that most language implementations can't. The fact that it can do this while at the same time being quite a bit more powerful (and efficient) than Javascript is a marvel of design. It has yet to be fully appreciated. We're going to see a lot more Lua on the server.