A whole gamer generation has learned to make mods/games with this. (Roblox).

Not javascript.

Not python.

This.

That which educates the young, shapes the future, may the elders like it or not.

yep.

Roblox Lua/Luau tutorials on youtube - millions of views https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=luau+roblox&sp=...

Luau

https://github.com/Roblox/luau

Roblox wrote a superset of Roblox Lua which is way faster https://luau-lang.org/