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1 | README for Lua 5.1 |
2 | |
3 | See INSTALL for installation instructions. |
4 | See HISTORY for a summary of changes since the last released version. |
5 | |
6 | * What is Lua? |
7 | ------------ |
8 | Lua is a powerful, light-weight programming language designed for extending |
9 | applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone |
10 | language. Lua is free software. |
11 | |
12 | For complete information, visit Lua's web site at http://www.lua.org/ . |
13 | For an executive summary, see http://www.lua.org/about.html . |
14 | |
15 | Lua has been used in many different projects around the world. |
16 | For a short list, see http://www.lua.org/uses.html . |
17 | |
18 | * Availability |
19 | ------------ |
20 | Lua is freely available for both academic and commercial purposes. |
21 | See COPYRIGHT and http://www.lua.org/license.html for details. |
22 | Lua can be downloaded at http://www.lua.org/download.html . |
23 | |
24 | * Installation |
25 | ------------ |
26 | Lua is implemented in pure ANSI C, and compiles unmodified in all known |
27 | platforms that have an ANSI C compiler. In most Unix-like platforms, simply |
28 | do "make" with a suitable target. See INSTALL for detailed instructions. |
29 | |
30 | * Origin |
31 | ------ |
32 | Lua is developed at Lua.org, a laboratory of the Department of Computer |
33 | Science of PUC-Rio (the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro |
34 | in Brazil). |
35 | For more information about the authors, see http://www.lua.org/authors.html . |
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37 | (end of README) |