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This is Lua 5.0.
See HISTORY for a summary of changes since the last released version.
* What is Lua?
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Lua is a powerful, light-weight programming language designed for extending
applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone
language. Lua is free software.
For complete information, visit Lua's web site at http://www.lua.org/ .
For an executive summary, see http://www.lua.org/about.html .
Lua has been used in many different projects around the world.
For a short list, see http://www.lua.org/uses.html .
* Availability
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Lua is freely available for both academic and commercial purposes.
See COPYRIGHT and http://www.lua.org/license.html for details.
Lua can be downloaded from its official site http://www.lua.org/ and
several other sites aroung the world. For a complete list of mirror sites,
see http://www.lua.org/mirrors.html .
* Installation
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Lua is implemented in pure ANSI C, and compiles unmodified in all known
platforms that have an ANSI C compiler. Under Unix, simply typing "make"
should work. See INSTALL for detailed instructions.
* Contacting the authors
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Send your comments, questions, and bug reports to lua@tecgraf.puc-rio.br.
For more information about the authors, see http://www.lua.org/authors.html .
For reporting bugs, try also the mailing list: lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br.
For more information about this list, including instructions on how to
subscribe and access the archives, see http://www.lua.org/lua-l.html .
* Origin
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Lua is developed at Tecgraf, the Computer Graphics Technology Group
of PUC-Rio (the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil).
Tecgraf is a laboratory of the Department of Computer Science.
(end of README)
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