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==Alternative implementations==
==Alternative implementations==
* [https://github.com/mherkender/lua.js lua.js] - A somewhat rudimentary but functional Lua on top of [[ECMAScript]] - Open source - Discontinued
* [https://github.com/mherkender/lua.js lua.js] - A somewhat rudimentary but functional Lua on top of [[ECMAScript]]


==Foreign libraries with Lua bindings==
==Foreign libraries with Lua bindings==
* [[Cairo]] - 2D graphics library - Open source - Current
''Open Source''
* [[LibcURL]] - Internet URL (WWW, FTP, etc) access - Open Source - Current
* [[Cairo]] - 2D graphics library
* [[LZ4]] - Compression library - Open source - Current
* [[LibcURL]] - Internet URL (WWW, FTP, etc) access
* [[Simple Directmedia Layer]] - Multimedia - Open Source - Current
* [[LZ4]] - Compression library
* [[Snappy]] - Compression lib. - Open Source - Current
* [[Simple Directmedia Layer]] - Multimedia
* [[Snappy]] - Compression library


==Programmer's utilities==
==Programmer's utilities==
* [[Exuberant ctags]] - Creates index files out of Lua source files - Open source - Current
* [[Exuberant ctags]] - Creates index files out of Lua source files - Open source


;Editor support
;Editor support
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==Version==
==Version==
* Latest OS/2 version: 5.3.5 (2018-07-14)
* 5.1.4 (2009)- requires [[EMX]]
 
* 5.1.5 (2014)
;Prerequisites
* 5.3.5 (2018-07-14)
* Older versions (5.1.4 and earlier) required [[EMX]]


==License and availability==
==License and availability==
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==Publications==
==Publications==
*Kurt Jung, Aaron Brown: ''Beginning Lua Programming'' - Wrox 2007, ISBN 0-470-06917-1
*Kurt Jung, Aaron Brown: ''Beginning Lua Programming'' - Wrox 2007, ISBN 0-470-06917-1
* Roberto Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes, et al.: [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/ Lua 5.2x Reference manual]
*Roberto Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes, et al.: [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/ Lua 5.2x Reference manual]


==Links==
==Links==
* Do a search for Lua executables on [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?sh=1&button=Search&key=lua-&stype=all&sort=type_name&dir=%2F hobbes]
* Lua official homepage: http://www.lua.org
* Lua official homepage: http://www.lua.org


[[Category:Scripting Language]][[Category:Lua]][[Category:Open Source Software]]
[[Category:Scripting Language]][[Category:Lua]][[Category:Open Source Software]]

Latest revision as of 00:50, 18 January 2020

Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.

Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based virtual machine, and has automatic memory management with incremental garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping.

Runs on both FAT and HPFS file systems.

Please note that Lua is a noun and not an acronym, it is the Portuguese form of "Luna", or the Portuguese word for the moon in other words and should not be spelled all caps.

Alternative implementations

Foreign libraries with Lua bindings

Open Source

Programmer's utilities

  • Exuberant ctags - Creates index files out of Lua source files - Open source
Editor support
  • jEdit - Java based editor - Lua syntax highlighting built in

Version

  • 5.1.4 (2009)- requires EMX
  • 5.1.5 (2014)
  • 5.3.5 (2018-07-14)

License and availability

Authors

Publications

  • Kurt Jung, Aaron Brown: Beginning Lua Programming - Wrox 2007, ISBN 0-470-06917-1
  • Roberto Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes, et al.: Lua 5.2x Reference manual

Links