Language ShowOff Part #1: Lua

Pros:
   * Tiny
   * Crossplatform
   * Easy to embed
   * Fairly easy to extend
   * Has no external dependencies
   * Easy to learn due to simple syntax
   * Has metatables, which allow creating objects, and with that, allow OOP

Contra:
   * The builtin stdlib doesn't allow much more than just basic IO
   * The stackoriented API might be confusing to those unfamiliar with the concept of stackbased APIs
   * Due to the do ... end syntax, closures and co tend to look clumsy:
   
       pcall(function()
           stuff ...
       end)

>>5
Tcl is the most lispier non-lisp language out there. Too bad it sucks self-ordinating binary O(logn) black-red dicks tree.