On Aug 26, 7:56 am, "Phlip" <phlip2... / gmail.com> wrote:
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> ... and use
> Lua. It's harder to program than Ruby but much easier than Java, and its
> speed can compete with C.


Compete and lose.

"Lua is a tiny and simple language, partly because it does not try to
do what C is already good for, such as sheer performance, low-level
operations, or interface with third-party software. Lua relies on C
for those tasks."

Preface xiii, Programming in Lua
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZV5hXZ8QPKIC&dq=&pg=PP1&ots=E7vgRz5AFV&sig=L-sYh2KHnlkXBF5bfhZrs11BI_k&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dprogramming%2Bin%2Blua%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title