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README for Lua 5.1

See INSTALL for installation instructions.
See HISTORY for a summary of changes since the last released version.

* What is Lua?
  ------------
  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
  ------------
  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 at http://www.lua.org/download.html .

* Installation
  ------------
  Lua is implemented in pure ANSI C, and compiles unmodified in all known
  platforms that have an ANSI C compiler. In most Unix-like platforms, simply
  do "make" with a suitable target. See INSTALL for detailed instructions.

* Origin
  ------
  Lua is developed at Lua.org, a laboratory of the Department of Computer
  Science of PUC-Rio (the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
  in Brazil).
  For more information about the authors, see http://www.lua.org/authors.html .

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	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 .
	36
	37	(end of README)