question: Python or Lua for rejuvenation of old PCs?

[Terry Reedy]

"John Benson" <jsbenson at bensonsystems.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.16.1072987285.12720.python-list at python.org...
> I suppose that my question is best phrased as this: What is a comfortable
> minimum RAM size that a PC needs to have to comfortably run modern Python
> for non-memory-intensive applications (i.e. no big database crunching or
> other thrashy stuff). I'm thinking about just polling sensors and
actuating
> control devices over RS-232/RS-485/LAN and doing some chitchat between
the
> nodes over the LAN. Based on the response, I'll draw the line between my
Lua
> machines and my Python machines.

I did my first useful Python work with old DOS version on a 4 MB machine.
Disk memory size and running RAM memory size are different issues.  I have
read that Lua beats Python on minimal disk footprint but have no idea of
running size.  On Windows, Python.exe is very small but does import several
modules, though I believe it could be built to require less.

Terry J. Reedy