Jeremy Sanders (jeremy(a)jeremysanders.net) said:
Something like Lua would be very good. The overheads over C would be
minimal, and it would have the advantage of being editable.
I've had to edit an init script to get something working properly many
times.
If you're going to want them to be editable to pass the lowest-common-denominator
test of whatever admins might be editing them, I think bash is probably the
only reasonable choice.
Bill