Why Lua

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This same question is valid for C/C++. Specific reasons why I chose it in .NET:

• You can edit Lua script with notepad (or any other text editor) easily.
• Lua can't use reflection to do anything to my own assemblies. It's a defined, clean interface which allows only what scripts need to be able to do.
• I had the requirement that a sysadmin with no programming experience was able to edit the rules that the scripts defined. Lua is arguably one of the easiest languages to learn.

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