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  1. README for Lua 5.1
  2. See INSTALL for installation instructions.
  3. See HISTORY for a summary of changes since the last released version.
  4. * What is Lua?
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  6. Lua is a powerful, light-weight programming language designed for extending
  7. applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone
  8. language. Lua is free software.
  9. For complete information, visit Lua's web site at http://www.lua.org/ .
  10. For an executive summary, see http://www.lua.org/about.html .
  11. Lua has been used in many different projects around the world.
  12. For a short list, see http://www.lua.org/uses.html .
  13. * Availability
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  15. Lua is freely available for both academic and commercial purposes.
  16. See COPYRIGHT and http://www.lua.org/license.html for details.
  17. Lua can be downloaded at http://www.lua.org/download.html .
  18. * Installation
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  20. Lua is implemented in pure ANSI C, and compiles unmodified in all known
  21. platforms that have an ANSI C compiler. In most Unix-like platforms, simply
  22. do "make" with a suitable target. See INSTALL for detailed instructions.
  23. * Origin
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  25. Lua is developed at Lua.org, a laboratory of the Department of Computer
  26. Science of PUC-Rio (the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
  27. in Brazil).
  28. For more information about the authors, see http://www.lua.org/authors.html .
  29. (end of README)