my attempt at magic

lua interpreter: http://bpaste.net/show/kidIoH7vfJlDUvEXPzdd/
still missing features like skip and parenthesis for composing operations

example code:

bindself fact conjure empty
enchant fact set cond = n 0
enchant fact if cond unsummon self with acc
enchant fact set acc * n acc
enchant fact set n - n 1
print summonhold fact with n 10 and acc 1

>>7
Broken lexical scope is the single unfixable flaw, making Lua a freak for live. You can fix GC, API or even type system, but you can't fix scoping, just because it defines whole language.

Any natural and computer language serve to name and manipulate physical phenomena, while broken scoping makes naming hard, because you can't isolate named objects from each other. The only thing Lua does good is simulating schizophasia of schizophrenic mind, where thoughts can clobber each other.