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You can help to support the Lua project by buying a book published by Lua.org and by making a donation. You can also help to spread the word about Lua by buying Lua products at Zazzle.

You can help to support the Lua project by buying a book published by Lua.org and by making a donation. You can also help to spread the word about Lua by buying Lua products at Zazzle.

Lua is free open-source software, distributed under a very liberal license (the well-known MIT license). It may be used for any purpose, including commercial purposes, at absolutely no cost.

The official definition of the Lua language is its reference manual, which describes the syntax and the semantics of Lua, the standard libraries, and the C API.

Apr 10, 2024 · The official definition of the Lua language is its reference manual, which describes the syntax and the semantics of Lua, the standard libraries, and the C API.

Lua 5.3 Reference Manual The reference manual is the official definition of the Lua language. For a complete introduction to Lua programming, see the book Programming in Lua.

If you are using the stand-alone Lua interpreter, all you have to do to run your first program is to call the interpreter (usually named lua) with the name of the text file that contains your program.

When comparing values with different types, you must be careful: Remember that "0"==0 is false. Moreover, 2<15 is obviously true, but "2"<"15" is false (alphabetical order!). To avoid inconsistent …

Feb 11, 2024 · To see how Lua programs compile to instructions for the Lua virtual machine, visit Lua Bytecode Explorer