Requirement for a Programming Language for Games (Strategic games)

Hi All,
This is a general thread I am starting to discuss the issue of
existing programming languages for games and also what more is needed
in a language. So suppose I ask like this "Given a choice for a Game
programming language, what all features would all like in that.". I
know it depends on the type of game that people are using. So lets
make it more specific, like Strategic games. This i need as a study
for the programming language features that still needs to be
enhanced.
What all special features that language should support internally?
What all difficulties that people face while programming with other
languages?
etc
All these can be discussed here. Please use this as a thread to
discuss so that may be in future we can be able to carry out the task.
.

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