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Christian Gollwitzer, 10.07.2013 09:03:
> http://www.lua.org/
> 
> Very compact (a static binary is about ~200K), clean synatx, relatively
> fast. OTOH, the standard library is of course not so extensive as for Tcl
> or Python.

"not so extensive" is a rather bold understatement. ISTM that most projects
that use Lua build their own eco-system around it, or integrate Lua into
their existing eco-system, with the obvious drawbacks for code reuse across
different projects and user bases.

Stefan