> How is Lua's performance compared to NodeJS, or compiled languages such as Java or Go This might help: http://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/ http://www.tech

> How is Lua's performance compared to NodeJS, or compiled languages such as Java or Go This might help: http://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/ http://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/ > Does it make sense to stuck everything into a (used to be ) reverse proxy server ? Just like putting stuff into Apache or whatever other webserver you like.