[jdance]

I have worked professionally with Java, C#, C++, Javascript, Python, PHP and Lua. Guess which is my favorite language? :) I think I might prefer something like Kotlin or a good lisp to Lua but I have not used them as extensively. Lua is just so consistent and so powerful. Coming back to it after a year off is like coming home. Compared to javascript and python it's behavior has not suprised me once. Closures, variable scope, everything just makes sense, always. I have not googled syntax in years. Once in a while I look at the tiny reference doc. That said I would not write certain things in lua because the ecosystem is very lacking.