| | 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 . |
| | 36 | |
| | 37 | (end of README) |
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