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This is a great list.

> * Safe interpreters let you do very fun things like config files in Tcl with limited access to the machine and master interpreter.

I keep looking for similar functionality in Python (the scripting language of choice for many, nowadays) but I am always disappointed.

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The python-esque sandboxed language is Starlark: https://github.com/google/starlark-go#documentation

This is great, but unfortunately it means you have to work with something different than Python (in developing, in deploying, etc.), doubling your dependencies.

Lua is another language that lets you do this!

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