Seven reasons you should be using Lua. Procedural programming and anonymous functions. See [Lua for Python programmers](http://the4thwiki.com/lua/func.html) for examples. [Luarocks.org](http://luarocks.org) package manager. Predictable syntax. ` $ python >>> foo = 10 >>> if foo is 10: print("yes") >>> if foo is less than 10: print("yes") Error. ` Arrays, lists, dicts, and arrays-of-arrays are out. Tables and metatables are in! Tabs are optional. The [the LĂ–VE game engine](http://love2d.org). GUI frameworks. Familiar. Know Bash? Know Python? You'll learn Lua quickly. shasum -a256=27553655a91b7f5cbd2682a246d49158aa7999a6fa3de6743b28c8a631f66d38