MoonScript: Dynamic scripting language that compiles into Lua
After years of people saying things like they wish they had Lua in the browser instead of "awful" JS, I finally used Lua for the first time writing games with Pico8 (<a href="https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php</a>).<p>I found Lua to be so bare-bones and even quirky that I yearned for the expressiveness of C. I was so unimpressed and miserable working with it that I wondered if these people in the wild who supposedly love Lua have used another programming language in the past 15 years.<p>So, with that said, MoonScript looks essential.