Why did LibreCAD choose Lua for its scripting interface?

This is not meant to start a flame war - it is a sincere technical inquiry about the advantages of using Lua over other scripting languages for LibreCAD’s scripting interface.

Why did LibreCAD choose Lua? Did it consider other scripting languages? Why were those languages declined?

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Great answer - thank you so much. Now I’m curious about Lua!