User blog comment:Ducksoup/Why Wikia Evolves/@comment-24473195-20150619235105/@comment-24473195-20150620194209

Sorry, my mistake, I wanted to highlight (put in bold) the error you made, it should be:

"So you would need a separate function for every parser function you sought to replace? That's much more lengthy." No, most people can use standard modules without changing them at all. Many functions can be integrated into a single module, e.g. |Module:String.

"I understand that Lua has benefits over parser functions but only if you can get over the hurdle to use it correctly."

That's part of the learning experience of every single thing in the world, people also have to get through the hurdle of editing to use mediawiki/wikia. Chinese people use chopsticks like its nothing, another person may find them extremely difficult to use. Any new tool that changes how people use things meets with resistance because it takes them out of their comfort zone.

That's just human nature.