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authorDavid Seifert <soap@gentoo.org>2012-02-17 09:00:00 +0000
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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)