[fiblye]

I liked the speed and the power of tables. It's also an incredibly simple language. I learned the ins and outs in a couple of days and was able to get right to work on making a game. Almost never did I have to reference documentation after that--it all fit in my head without even really trying to memorize it. Python, on the other hand, has loads of features, but that results in me often looking up the right way to do something since there are so many layers to it. What Lua provides is rather bare, yet powerful and incredibly easy to jump right into.