Why is Python more popular than Lua?

The Lua is based on a multi-paradigm but primarily focus on the scripting language. … The Lua is better for game development but python does not provide good support for mobile games and applications. Lua is easier than the Python language but Python is popular and demanding language than the Lua language for beginners.

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Why is Lua so popular?

Lua has an extremely clean simple design and a small API. I think this is the reason that it has the world’s fastest JIT implementation for a dynamic scripting language. Lua is extremely popular within the gaming market because of its speed (see also speed compared to python).

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