Programming in Lua
by Roberto Ierusalimschy
Lua.org, December 2003
ISBN 85-903798-1-7
The book is a detailed and authoritative introduction to all aspects of Lua programming, by Lua's chief architect. The first edition was aimed at Lua 5.0 and remains largely relevant.
If you find this online version useful, please consider buying a copy of the second edition, which updates the text to Lua 5.1 and brings substantial new material. This helps to support the Lua project.
For the official definition of the Lua language, see the reference manual.
Copyright © 2003-2004 Roberto Ierusalimschy. All rights reserved.
This online book is for personal use only.
It cannot be copied to other web sites or further distributed in any form.
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