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Lua and Squirrel overhead

I've been researching the idea of using embedded languages in mobile applications as a way of reusing business logic across platforms. I haven't found a lot of information about how much an embedded language will bloat an app's size, so I decided to see for myself. So far, I've written simple "Hello, world" apps for both Lua and Squirrel. Lua is a simple language that has been heavily used in video games for years. Squirrel is a newer language that was inspired by Lua, but uses a more C-like syntax.