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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 14 May 2008, Javier Guerra wrote:
> 
>> What about Lua?  (http://www.lua.org)
>>
>> it started up as a configuration language, and evolved into a full
>> programming language, while remaining _very_ light (less than 200K
>> with all libraries), and wonderfully easy to embed into C programs.
> 
> Okay, so much for the upsides.  Now for the downsides: a language that 
> nearly nobody knows, for something that is not meant to be executed (think 
> security implications).

What is sure is that I don't wish to use a language as configuration 
file. The configuration file must be seen as a serialization of 
variables. It is simple to understand, can be processed automatically in 
case of a GUI and its format can be easily changed.

Regards,

Fabrice.