3 See INSTALL for installation instructions.
 
   4 See HISTORY for a summary of changes since the last released version.
 
   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.
 
  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 .
 
  15   Lua has been used in many different projects around the world.
 
  16   For a short list, see http://www.lua.org/uses.html .
 
  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 .
 
  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.
 
  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
 
  35   For more information about the authors, see http://www.lua.org/authors.html .