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It seems to me that embedded Lua would be a more appropriate choice, and barring that, there is already a quite robust embedded Python implementation.

Don't get me wrong, this is a cool project, but I don't see why you would ever choose to use JS in an embedded context except for fun. The arguments for using lua or micropython are already very narrowly applicable.



Seems inarguable to me that JavaScript is much more widely known and adopted than Lua. So it makes sense to use JS in 'toy' like environments where someone is learning an embedded platform.


JS is more common, but this is not a complete implementation. So those skills may not transfer 100%.


But they certainly will more than they would to a completely new language…


I don’t understand why people are so focused on preventing anyone from ever having to learn a new language. If you already know JS, learning lua should be trivial.


Microsoft also considers JavaScript makes business sense.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/makecode


Interesting, could you link me the Lua and Python libraries you are thinking of?


Micropython and eLua come to mind




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