There seems to be a trend. It's really nice, because just about everything has a Lua interface these days and you can make nice applications in it. Like Lua works embedded in databases like Redis or web servers like nginx or operating system kernels, like NetBSD. And it's really simple to learn and really performant, especially with LuaJIT.
I always feel like it is showing off with simplicity, while still being a "normal" language the majority of people easily can get into quickly. I always like the give the example of my brother finishing games with love2d (basically just wrapping SDL, especially back then) in a matter of days, without prior programming knowledge (unless you call basic HTML and CSS programming, no JS).
I always feel like it is showing off with simplicity, while still being a "normal" language the majority of people easily can get into quickly. I always like the give the example of my brother finishing games with love2d (basically just wrapping SDL, especially back then) in a matter of days, without prior programming knowledge (unless you call basic HTML and CSS programming, no JS).
Out of curiosity: How did you start out with Lua?