All I can say is that scripting is as 'easy' as it gets. Well, it is scripting and scripting is considered an 'easier' version of programming.
Lua is interpreted, not compiled. Unlike programming languages.
You'll have to learn to interpret the linguistics of "Scripting" into a form you can comprehend well, simpler doesn't necessarily mean "better" and the pace that a human acquires knowledge varies from person to person..