Lua is already stupid fast, without needing super complicated runtimes. The language is easy and sane. I'm not a Lua programmer but I use it (even in a E9-1-1 r

Lua is already stupid fast, without needing super complicated runtimes. The language is easy and sane. I'm not a Lua programmer but I use it (even in a E9-1-1 related application) just fine. This sounds like using JS just for ... technically unacquainted people to get their buzzword hit. Like XML was a while ago.