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On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:42:43 +0100, Chris Elvidge wrote:

> I use lua to enhance conky ...

I know Lua was designed specifically to be embeddable, as an extension 
language for apps. But surprisingly, you see Python being used a lot for 
that, too.

The most high-profile example has to be Blender. Now *there* is a 
scriptability API ...