The Lua Language
Lua is a powerful, fast, light-weight, embeddable scripting language.
Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description
constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is
dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based
virtual machine, and has automatic memory management with incremental
garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and rapid
prototyping. 'Lua' means 'moon' in Portuguese and is pronounced LOO-ah.
Please visit http://www.lua.org for more
information, or have a look on the Lua Reference Manual.