Re: python without OO

[Frank Bechmann (w)]

even if I follow the other answers above - language-wise and 
management-advise-wise - just for the sake of completeness - I would 
like to point you to Lua: http://www.lua.org/

1. portability (interpreter runs quite a bit architectures)
        => yes, nearly pure ANSI-C should compile
2. good basic library (already there)
	=> you might have to collect some additional libraries and add them to 
the core language, so currently not the strongest part, but typical file 
handling is possible (at least w/ luafilesystem module)

3. modules for structuring the application (objects unnecessary)
        => yes, starting w/ current in-work release
4. high-level data structures (dictionaries & lists)
        => just one that combines both dictionary and list
5. no strong static type checking
        => yes
6. very nice syntax
	=> little bit more "classic" than Python by using 'then ..end' and the 
like, as long as you don't exploit the built-in flexibility of Lua it is 
very easy to be read and written.

know what's funny: in the Lua mailing list there is currently a 
discussion about adding OO to Lua.
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