Lua:

A programming language originally designed for extending applications,
but also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language. Lua
combines simple procedural syntax (similar to Pascal) with powerful data
description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics.

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+Lua is a programming language originally designed for extending applications,
+but also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language. Lua
+combines simple procedural syntax (similar to Pascal) with powerful data
+description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics.
+Lua is dynamically typed, interpreted from bytecodes, and has automatic memory
+management with garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration,
+scripting, and rapid prototyping. 
+
+A fundamental concept in the design of Lua is to provide meta-mechanisms for
+implementing features, instead of providing a host of features directly in
+the language. For example, although Lua is not a pure object-oriented
+language, it does provide meta-mechanisms for implementing classes and
+inheritance. Lua's meta-mechanisms bring an economy of concepts and keep the
+language small, while allowing the semantics to be extended in unconventional
+ways. Extensible semantics is a distinguishing feature of Lua. 
+
+Lua is implemented as a small library of C functions, written in ANSI C, and
+compiles unmodified in all known platforms. The implementation goals are
+simplicity, efficiency, portability, and low embedding cost. 
+
+WWW: http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/lua/