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diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index 6f410ee4..2a6601c5 100644 --- a/test/README +++ b/test/README @@ -1,6 +1,27 @@ These are simple tests for Lua. Some of them contain useful code. -They are meant to be run to make sure Lua is ok and also to be read, to see -how Lua programs can look like. +They are meant to be run to make sure Lua is built correctly and also +to be read, to see how Lua programs look. + +Here is a one-line summary of each program: + + bisect.lua bisection method for solving non-linear equations + cf.lua temperature conversion table (celsius to farenheit) + echo.lua echo command line arguments + env.lua environment variables as automatic global variables + factorial.lua factorial without recursion + fib.lua fibonacci function with cache + fibfor.lua fibonacci numbers with coroutines and generators + globals.lua report global variable usage + hello.lua the first program in every language + life.lua Conway's Game of Life + luac.lua bare-bones luac + printf.lua an implementation of printf + readonly.lua make global variables readonly + sieve.lua the sieve of of Eratosthenes programmed with coroutines + sort.lua two implementations of a sort function + table.lua make table, grouping all data for the same item + trace-calls.lua trace calls + trace-globals.lua trace assigments to global variables + undefined.lua catch "undefined" global variables + xd.lua hex dump -In the directory examples/, there is more useful code: a library for PostScript -output and a database for a fake web site. |