[systems]

there is no such thing as casual redis script writer

if you are technical enough to write scripts for redis, you are not casual

[jim_bailie]

I actually agree whole-heartedly with this comment.

But I wouldn't have written with such a dismissive tone to a living software god :-)

Anyway, Lua was a fine choice!

[antirez]

Yep but perhaps you want to glue two commands together. I wanted to avoid forcing this kind of users to learn a new language.