On Lua Performance:
http://trac.caspring.org/wiki/LuaPerformance
I found TEST #8 to be VERY interesting, and helpful 
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Great post thanks.
Really need to read more on and practice Test 8: Functions as Params for Other Functions. That’s a significant slow down.
Test 9: Loop vs Pairs and Test 12: Table.insert vs [] are something I should look into as well. [import]uid: 11393 topic_id: 4407 reply_id: 13763[/import]