I do often opt for the slower, pure vimscript extensions in order to avoid having to remember to compile specific ones. Hypothetically, if vim had an embedded f

I do often opt for the slower, pure vimscript extensions in order to avoid having to remember to compile specific ones. Hypothetically, if vim had an embedded form of Lua, it could satisfy the people who want a familiar scripting language and it wouldn't be dependent on whatever version of the language the system has installed. I think that would be a excellent choice if you were writing a brand new editor. To be perfectly honest, I think so many vim users (including myself) don't know vimscript [in depth] because they can easily find everything they need already.