Lua 5.5.0 (rc1) has been released for testing
8 days ago
- #Programming
- #Lua
- #Scripting
- Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language developed by PUC-Rio in Brazil.
- Lua is free software used globally and distributed in source form, requiring compilation before use.
- Lua is implemented in pure ISO C and compiles unmodified on all platforms with an ISO C compiler.
- Building Lua is straightforward on Unix-like platforms using 'make' with platform-specific targets.
- Lua can be installed system-wide with 'make install' or locally with 'make local'.
- Customization options include editing Makefiles or 'src/luaconf.h' before building.
- Lua 5.5 introduces changes detailed in the reference manual, with some incompatibilities.
- Lua is distributed under the MIT license, allowing free use, including commercial purposes, with proper credit.