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A lightweight programming language is one that is designed to have very small memory footprint, is easy to implement (important when porting a language), and/or has minimalist syntax and features.

[edit] Examples of lightweight languages

• C may be said to be lightweight, as its hardware assumptions are minimal (it is used to program microcontrollers, for example)
• Lua is embedded in many applications, like games, to provide runtime scripting capabilities
• Forth
• Io
• Squirrel

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