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* What is Lua?
Lua is a simple, yet powerful, language for extending applications.
Lua has been developed by TeCGraf, the Computer Graphics Technology Group
of PUC-Rio, the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Dozens of industrial products developed by TeCGraf use Lua.
* Some features of Lua
+ simple syntax (Pascal-like);
+ powerful data description constructs (e.g., associative arrays);
+ user-controlled type constructors;
+ extensible semantics with tag methods;
+ garbage collection;
+ Lua programs are compiled into bytecodes, which are then interpreted;
+ truly portable, written in ANSI C.
* Availability
The latest version of Lua is always available at the following locations:
In Brazil: ftp://ftp.icad.puc-rio.br/pub/lua/lua.tar.gz
In Canada: ftp://csg.uwaterloo.ca/pub/lhf/lua/lua.tar.gz
In Germany: ftp://ftp.uni-trier.de/pub/languages/lua/lua.tar.gz
In Greece: ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/lua/lua.tar.gz
Home page: http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/lua/
Meta page: http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/lua/meta.html
The current version is 3.0
* Legal matters
Lua is freely available for both academic and commercial purposes.
See COPYRIGHT.
* Installation
See INSTALL.
* Contacting the authors
Send your comments, bug reports and anything else to lua@tecgraf.puc-rio.br.
Please send us email if you download Lua so that we can know how far it goes.
For reporting bugs, try also the mailing list: lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br
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