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| 1 | README for Lua 5.1 |
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| 3 | See INSTALL for installation instructions. |
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| 4 | See HISTORY for a summary of changes since the last released version. |
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| 5 | |
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| 6 | * What is Lua? |
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| 7 | ------------ |
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| 8 | Lua is a powerful, light-weight programming language designed for extending |
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| 9 | applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone |
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| 10 | language. Lua is free software. |
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| 12 | For complete information, visit Lua's web site at http://www.lua.org/ . |
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| 13 | For an executive summary, see http://www.lua.org/about.html . |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | Lua has been used in many different projects around the world. |
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| 16 | For a short list, see http://www.lua.org/uses.html . |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | * Availability |
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| 19 | ------------ |
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| 20 | Lua is freely available for both academic and commercial purposes. |
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| 21 | See COPYRIGHT and http://www.lua.org/license.html for details. |
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| 22 | Lua can be downloaded at http://www.lua.org/download.html . |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | * Installation |
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| 25 | ------------ |
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| 26 | Lua is implemented in pure ANSI C, and compiles unmodified in all known |
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| 27 | platforms that have an ANSI C compiler. In most Unix-like platforms, simply |
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| 28 | do "make" with a suitable target. See INSTALL for detailed instructions. |
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| 29 | |
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| 30 | * Origin |
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| 31 | ------ |
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| 32 | Lua is developed at Lua.org, a laboratory of the Department of Computer |
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| 33 | Science of PUC-Rio (the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro |
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| 34 | in Brazil). |
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| 35 | For more information about the authors, see http://www.lua.org/authors.html . |
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| 37 | (end of README) |
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