deps/lua/README

   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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