[ANNOUNCE] Lua 2.5 -- an extensible extension language

* What is Lua?
    Lua is a simple, yet powerful, language for extending applications.
    Lua has been developed by TeCGraf, the Computer Graphics Technology Group
    of PUC-Rio, the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
    Dozens of industrial products developed by TeCGraf use Lua.


* Some features of Lua
    + a simple, pascal-like, syntax
    + powerful data description constructs (e.g., associative arrays)
    + user-controlled type constructors
    + fallbacks for extending the language in unconventional ways (e.g.,
        inheritance, overloading)
    + garbage collection
    + Lua programs are compiled into bytecodes, which are then interpreted
    + portable, written in ANSI C (runs in Unix, DOS, Windows, Mac, Cray, ...)


* Availability
    The latest version of Lua is always available at the following locations:
    In Brazil: ftp://ftp.icad.puc-rio.br/pub/lua/lua.tar.gz
    In Canada: ftp://csg.uwaterloo.ca/pub/lhf/lua/lua.tar.gz
    In Germany: ftp://ftp.uni-trier.de/pub/languages/lua/lua.tar.gz
    In Greece: ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/lua/lua.tar.gz
    Home page: http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lua.html
    The current version is 2.5.


* Changes since version 2.4
    + io and string libraries are now based on pattern matching;
        the old libraries are still available for compatibility
    + dofile and dostring can now return values (via return statement)
    + better support for 16- and 64-bit machines
    + expanded documentation, with more examples


* Legal matters
    Lua is freely available for both academic and commercial purposes.
    Lua is not in the public domain; TeCGraf keeps its copyright.


* Contacting the authors
    Send your comments, bug reports and anything else to lua@icad.puc-rio.br.
    Please send us email if you download Lua so that we can know how far it goes.
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Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo http://csg.uwaterloo.ca/~lhf/
Computer Systems Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 (519) 888-4567-1-5517, fax (519) 746-5422
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