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rattray on Oct 31, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: WebScript.io: Just choose a URL and type in a scri...

As far as I'm aware, Python is vastly more popular for scripts than Lua. At first, I assumed you were just Lua guys, but apparently you're a Python fan as well, at least to some degree.

I imagine it must have to do with easy of sandboxing or something, but why Lua over Python for scripts?

smarx on Oct 31, 2012 [–]

Python's my language of choice just in terms of language features, but Lua is significantly ahead in terms of embedding and sandboxing.

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