[onehair]

well, it is true that the second one is more concise.

The only difference is that one of the language is embedded and barely takes any place. it's just a few C files :-D It offers just enough functionality while not making it overly complicated to make basic things.

The other one is way way bigger. and even Array.filter didn't exist from the start

[xigoi]

Alright, here is Janet, which is designed to be embeddable just like Lua:

  (set enemies (filter |($ :alive) enemies))

Though JavaScript has QuickJS, which is also lightweight.

[onehair]

Janet does look impressive +1