2 Lua is a simple, yet powerful, language for extending applications.
3 Lua has been developed by TeCGraf, the Computer Graphics Technology Group
4 of PUC-Rio, the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
5 Dozens of industrial products developed by TeCGraf use Lua.
8 + simple syntax (Pascal-like);
9 + powerful data description constructs (e.g., associative arrays);
10 + user-controlled type constructors;
11 + extensible semantics with tag methods;
13 + Lua programs are compiled into bytecodes, which are then interpreted;
14 + truly portable, written in ANSI C.
17 The latest version of Lua is always available at the following locations:
18 In Brazil: ftp://ftp.icad.puc-rio.br/pub/lua/lua.tar.gz
19 In Canada: ftp://csg.uwaterloo.ca/pub/lhf/lua/lua.tar.gz
20 In Germany: ftp://ftp.uni-trier.de/pub/languages/lua/lua.tar.gz
21 In Greece: ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/lua/lua.tar.gz
22 Home page: http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/lua/
23 Meta page: http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/lua/meta.html
24 The current version is 3.0
27 Lua is freely available for both academic and commercial purposes.
33 * Contacting the authors
34 Send your comments, bug reports and anything else to lua@tecgraf.puc-rio.br.
35 Please send us email if you download Lua so that we can know how far it goes.
36 For reporting bugs, try also the mailing list: lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br