I wanted to reply exactly that but then noticed that op is talking about implementations, not the language itself. I'd still prefer programming in lua to progr

I wanted to reply exactly that but then noticed that op is talking about implementations, not the language itself. I'd still prefer programming in lua to programming in javascript where possible. Honestly, the only advantage of javascript outside the browser are the hordes of people who already sort-of know it (and often don't want to learn anything else).