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by throwaway17_17 32 days ago
If this is a joke, I actually chuckled.

But, maybe this is a terminology issue conflating an embeddable language with a language used for embedded programming. I think this is one of those CS issues prevalent for non-native English speakers (especially when those devs are relying on translations of text without LLM style semantic analysis of the source).

The first refers to the shipping of a language interpreter within the executable of a program, where that interpreter then processes “scripts”, data files, high level non-programmer editable object attributes or behaviors, etc. The most prevalent example of this is shipping a Lua interpreter inside a video game for interpreting hot reloadable asset scripts. The second usage of embedded is the implication that code is being run on a microcontroller or SoC ‘embedded’ within some other product or device.