Lightweight programming language
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A lightweight programming language is one that is designed to have very small memory footprint, is easy to implement (important when porting a language), and/or has minimalist syntax and features.
[edit] Examples of lightweight languages
- C may be said to be lightweight, as its hardware assumptions are minimal (it is used to program microcontrollers, for example)
- Lua is embedded in many applications, like games, to provide runtime scripting capabilities
- Forth
- Io
- Squirrel
- newLisp
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