WhenWaldemar,Luiz,andIstartedthedevelopmentofLua,backin1993,wecouldhardlyimaginethatitwouldspreadasitdid.Startedasanin-houselanguagefortwospecificprojects,currentlyLuaiswidelyusedinallareasthatcanbenefitfromasimple,extensible,portable,andefficientscriptinglanguage,suchasembedded