We were looking to add scripting to one of our products. The choices ended up getting narrowed to Lua or Python. Microsoft's support for Python (as IronPython)

We were looking to add scripting to one of our products. The choices ended up getting narrowed to Lua or Python. Microsoft's support for Python (as IronPython) tipped the scales for us (we're a Microsoft shop, so if MS makes/supports it, our boss goes that way). I thought Lua was a better fit, but I got overruled. >Is it fairly easy to get rolling with? Yes. I thought so. >Is there much of a community of Lua hackers? I suspect that since it is a Brazilian invention, that they're be a lot more down south. If you look for books on Lua, there aren't a lot of them.