From Dictionary:
tabular - presented or arranged in a table (= in rows and columns)
Well-typed programs can't be blamed by Phillp Wadler and Robert Bruce Findler
Yet another work for integrating dynamic and static typing using contracts.
Lua-an extensible extension language by Roberto Ierusalimschy et al.
Lua combines procedural features with powerful data description facilities by using a simple, yet powerful, mechanism of tables.
[...Users now want to make configuration decisions at execution time; users also want to write macros and scripts to increase productivity...]