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1. Lua is simple.

There is only one container type: the table. There is only one number type. (Since 5.3 Lua internally uses 2: ints and doubles, but that’s an implementation detail.) etc.

2. Lua is easy to integrate.

3. It’s easy to set up a sandboxed environment with Lua.

4. Lua is surprisingly fast, especially considering it is interpreted and dynamic.



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