| [1803] | 1 | This is Lua 5.0. |
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| 3 | * What is Lua? |
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| 4 | ------------ |
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| 5 | Lua is a powerful, light-weight programming language designed for extending |
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| 6 | applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone |
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| 7 | language. Lua is free software. |
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| 8 | |
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| 9 | For complete information, visit Lua's web site at http://www.lua.org/ . |
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| 10 | For an executive summary, see http://www.lua.org/about.html . |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | Lua has been used in many different projects around the world. |
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| 13 | For a short list, see http://www.lua.org/uses.html . |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | * Availability |
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| 16 | ------------ |
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| 17 | Lua is freely available for both academic and commercial purposes. |
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| 18 | See COPYRIGHT and http://www.lua.org/license.html for details. |
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| 19 | Lua can be downloaded from its official site http://www.lua.org/ and |
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| 20 | several other sites aroung the world. For a complete list of mirror sites, |
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| 21 | see http://www.lua.org/mirrors.html . |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | * Contacting the authors |
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| 24 | ---------------------- |
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| 25 | Send your comments, questions, and bug reports to lua@tecgraf.puc-rio.br. |
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| 26 | For more information about the authors, see http://www.lua.org/authors.html . |
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| 27 | For reporting bugs, try also the mailing list: lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br. |
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| 28 | For more information about this list, including instructions on how to |
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| 29 | subscribe and access the archives, see http://www.lua.org/lua-l.html . |
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| 30 | |
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| 31 | * Origin |
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| 32 | ------ |
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| 33 | Lua is developed at Tecgraf, the Computer Graphics Technology Group |
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| 34 | of PUC-Rio (the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil). |
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| 35 | Tecgraf is a laboratory of the Department of Computer Science. |
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| 37 | (end of README) |
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