I use it for general scripting purposes, but it's you run into many more roadblocks than with Python or Ruby due to the lack of libraries. However, there are a range of decent libraries available and packaged using Luarocks. The Kepler Project (http://keplerproject.org) might interest you.
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I'm butting in here. Check out the lists on the Lua-users Wiki and Wikipedia:
http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaUses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua_(programming_language)#Appl...
I use it for general scripting purposes, but it's you run into many more roadblocks than with Python or Ruby due to the lack of libraries. However, there are a range of decent libraries available and packaged using Luarocks. The Kepler Project (http://keplerproject.org) might interest you.
By the way, it's Lua rather than LUA.