The Programming Language Lua

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>The Programming Language Lua</TITLE> <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="lua.css"> <LINK REL="alternate" TYPE="application/rss+xml" HREF="news.rss" TITLE="Lua news RSS feed"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Official website of the Lua language"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="lua, language, extension, embedding, configuration, scripting, rapid prototyping, free, source, portable"> <STYLE TYPE="text/css"> table { margin: 20px auto ; } td ul { list-style-type: none ; margin: 0 ; padding: 0 ; } td.menu ul { padding-left: 50px ; font-size: large ; line-height: 1.5 ; } td.menu a:hover { margin: -3px -6px -3px -6px ; padding: 3px 6px 3px 6px ; border-radius: 4px ; } td.news a:hover { margin: -3px -4px -3px -4px ; padding: 3px 4px 3px 4px ; } td.news ul { border-left: solid #F0F0F0 2px ; padding-left: 2em ; xpadding-top: 1em ; xpadding-bottom: 1em ; font-size: medium ; line-height: 1.35 ; } td.news li { margin-bottom: 1.5em ; margin-bottom: 1.0em ; } td.news li:last-child { margin-bottom: 0em ; } span.note { xdisplay: none ; font-size: x-small ; color: gray ; } img { vertical-align: text-bottom ; } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <TABLE> <TR> <TD WIDTH="256"> <IMG SRC="images/luaa.gif" ALT="The Programming Language Lua" TITLE="welcome!" WIDTH=256> <TD WIDTH="200" CLASS="menu"> <UL> <LI><A HREF="about.html" TITLE="read a summary">about</A> <LI><A HREF="news.html" TITLE="see what is happening with Lua">news</A> <LI><A HREF="start.html" TITLE="get started with Lua">get started</A> <LI><A HREF="download.html" TITLE="get a copy of Lua">download</A> <LI><A HREF="docs.html" TITLE="read technical information">documentation</A> <LI><A HREF="community.html" TITLE="meet other Lua users">community</A> <LI><A HREF="map.html" TITLE="find your way around">site map</A> <LI><A HREF="portugues.html" TITLE="leia um resumo">portugu阺</A> </UL> <TD WIDTH="250" CLASS="news"> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="versions.html#5.4">Lua 5.4.7</A> released <LI> <A HREF="gems/">Lua Programming Gems</A> <BR>freely available <LI> <A HREF="wshop23.html">Lua Workshop 2023</A> <BR>held in Rio de Janeiro <LI> <A HREF="https://classpert.com/classpertx/courses/building-a-programming-language/cohort">Building a Programming Language</A> course <LI> <A HREF="https://groups.google.com/g/lua-l/">Mailing list</A> moved </UL> <TD WIDTH="150"> <SPAN CLASS="note">designed and developed at</SPAN> <P> <A HREF="https://www.puc-rio.br/"><IMG SRC="images/puc.jpg" ALT="PUC-Rio" TITLE="Lua's home" WIDTH=120></A> </TR> </TABLE>  </BODY> </HTML>

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