Programming inLua

byRoberto Ierusalimschy
Published by Lua.org,December 2003
ISBN 85-903798-1-7
Paperback, 288 pages, 1.7 x 23.5 x 19.0cm (0.66 x 9.3 x 7.5in)
Distributed by Ingram and Baker & Taylor.

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Lua is becoming the language of choice for anyonewho needs a scripting language that is simple,efficient, extensible, portable, and free.Currently, Lua is being used in areas ranging fromembedded systems to Web development and iswidely spread in the game industry, whereknowledge of Lua is an indisputable asset.

Programming inLuais the official book about the language,giving a solid base for any programmer who wants to use Lua.Authored by Roberto Ierusalimschy, the chief architect of the language,it covers all aspects of Lua 5.0---from thebasics to its API with C---explaining how to make good use of itsfeatures and giving numerous code examples.Programming inLuais targeted at people with some programming background,but does not assume any prior knowledge about Lua or other scripting languages.

Even thoseindifferent to Lua [...] will find the book presents so many good ideas,and presents them so artfully, that it's worth reading ---the RegularExpressions column (UnixReview.com), May 2004

As a Lua old timer, I wasn't expecting to be presented to so manynovelties, subtleties and jewels of programming in almost everychapter. Was I wrong...---Andre Carregal, Kepler Project

I personally ordered two copies, one to sit in my personal librarybesides Stroustrup and other sacred, and one to use as a reference atwork.---Marius Gheorghe, CableTest Systems Inc.

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