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1README for Lua 5.1
2
3See INSTALL for installation instructions.
4See 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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