<s>
GameMonkey	B-Application
Script	I-Application
is	O
a	O
small	O
,	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
designed	O
for	O
embedding	O
into	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameMonkey	B-Application
bears	O
many	O
similarities	O
to	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
except	O
the	O
syntax	O
is	O
more	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
C	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameMonkey	B-Application
Script	I-Application
was	O
written	O
in	O
2002	O
by	O
Matthew	O
Riek	O
and	O
Greg	O
Douglas	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
closed-source	O
project	O
for	O
Auran	O
Development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
12	O
June	O
2003	O
Auran	O
granted	O
license	O
for	O
the	O
full	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
GameMonkey	B-Application
to	O
be	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
the	O
primary	O
data	B-General_Concept
structure	I-General_Concept
in	O
GameMonkey	B-Application
Script	I-Application
is	O
the	O
table	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tables	O
allow	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
other	O
data	B-General_Concept
structures	I-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
created	O
;	O
from	O
arrays	O
,	O
sets	O
,	O
hashmaps	O
,	O
lists	O
and	O
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
simulate	O
namespaces	O
and	O
C++	O
class	O
structures	O
,	O
containing	O
both	O
functions	O
and	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
