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I am now looking at the Red programming language [1] for exactly this, but it does not have the libraries of C++ or Tcl. Still it is under 1 meg complete with libraries and it is homoiconic, cross-platform, and has a REPL and a systems language Red/System for going low level. The GUI and UI DSL and drawing DSL work on Windows and Mac for now, with Linux close behind.

  [1]  http://www.red-lang.org/p/about.html

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There's also Lazarus in this category.

The default download didn't have GUI support on my Mac when I just tried it, and the documentation seems to indicate it's Windows only so far?

I think it is in 0.63 or the latest binary now available. I'll check on my iMac later and get back to you. I use it on my Windows box for now.

@mappu above (no reply link by his reply):

I like Lazarus a lot. I am not a fan of Pascal though, and Red is under 1 MB batteries included. I like how it seems a cross between Lisp, Forth and other languages.

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