>Lua seems to be coming on strong as a popular programming language (see Tiobe and also google it). Probably because it's used for iphone/iPad/Android and in .NET - truly a versatile programming environment. My prediction is that this IS the one language to concentrate on, MS be damned..

I went into the LUA page and tried to find a reference .NET. I was unable to. Are you sure this has any relation with .NET at all?