Lua : what is its purpose

Question

I play wow and it is macros that have led me to coding.
I discovered you can script from the macro interface in lua code

But I don't see Lua code on any of the learning apps or courses.
I've seen it mostly described as a language designed for embedding in to
c++
Which is heavily used in gaming.

Is there anything else it is useful for and what is it best at ?

Answer 1

So, l think true