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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 the the Portuguese form of "Luna", or the Portuguese word for the moon in other words and should not be spelled all caps.

Version

Last known OS/2 version: V5.2.4 (2015-04-23)

Prerequisites

Older versions (5.1.4 and earlier) required EMX.

Links

Do a search for Lua executables on hobbes
Lua official homepage: http://www.lua.org

License and availability

MIT license

Authors

Roberto Ierusalimschy (Original author)
Alexander Walz (OS/2 port)

Publications

Roberto Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes, et al.: Lua 5.2x Reference manual

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 Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.
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 Runs on both FAT and HPFS file systems.
+Please note that Lua is a noun and not an acronym, it the the Portuguese form of "Luna", or the Portuguese word for the moon in other words and should not be spelled all caps.
 ==Version==
 * Last known OS/2 version: V5.2.4 (2015-04-23)