Warning: this is an htmlized version!
The original is here, and
the conversion rules are here.
-- 2011may20
-- http://angg.twu.net/LUA/8queens.lua.html
-- http://angg.twu.net/LUA/8queens.lua
--         (find-angg "LUA/8queens.lua")

toxy = function (s) return s:byte(1, 1)-64, s:sub(2)+0 end
toan = function (x, y) return string.char(64+x)..(y+0) end
attack = function (an1, an2)
    local x1, y1 = toxy(an1)
    local x2, y2 = toxy(an2)
    local dx, dy = x2-x1, y2-y1
    return dx==0 or dy==0 or dx==dy or dx==-dy
  end
settest = function (x, y)
    an[x] = toan(x, y)
    for i=1,x-1 do
      if attack(an[i], an[x]) then return false end
    end
    return true
  end
an = {}
for y1=1,8 do if settest(1, y1) then
  for y2=1,8 do if settest(2, y2) then
    for y3=1,8 do if settest(3, y3) then
      for y4=1,8 do if settest(4, y4) then
        for y5=1,8 do if settest(5, y5) then
          for y6=1,8 do if settest(6, y6) then
            for y7=1,8 do if settest(7, y7) then
              for y8=1,8 do if settest(8, y8) then
                print(table.concat(an, " "))
              end end
            end end
          end end
        end end
      end end
    end end
  end end
end end


--[[
* (eepitch-lua51)
* (eepitch-kill)
* (eepitch-lua51)
dofile "8queens.lua"

--]]