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>>> Lua should be considered a toolkit

Spot on. I don't see myself writing a complete app using Lua, but there are quite a few powerful examples of Lua as a DSL, running embedded in a larger app.

Openresty (nginx + Lua + LuaJIT) is probably the most popular example. I have been using it for heavy network applications with great success.

Heavily opinionated, but I am yet to see a data structure more flexible and powerful than Lua tables. And I have seen a lot ... started programming with the Sinclair ZX81 ...

[1] https://openresty.org/en/



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