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Re:Lua vs Ruby benchmarks (similarly "high-level" languages,... by LogicHoleFlaw on Saturday January 31, 2009 @12:31PM (#459798)
The "History of Lua" paper written a few years ago for a presentation at HOPL is also great reading and gives good insight into why Lua is the way it is.

http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~lhf/ftp/doc/hopl.pdf

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