Indeed, prototyping functionality is the main point here. The whole system isn't even part of the default install and can be turned on/off.
Easier is always good. It's still far from easy though.
Easier is always good. It's still far from easy though.
The license is liberal, it's remarkably easy to work with Lua, is can basically call any of your C functions. Great for debugging stuff, prototyping, certain kinds of monkey patches. Great for doing unit test like experiments too; you can have some Lua put the system in to a particular state and then do your experiment.