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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 .
- (end of README)
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