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by Roberto Ierusalimschy (Author)
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  • Paperback: 267 pages
  • Publisher: Roberto Ierusalimschy (1 Nov 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 8590379817
  • ISBN-13: 978-8590379812
  • Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 19 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Book Description
Lua is becoming the language of choice for anyone who needs a scripting language that is simple, efficient, extensible, portable, and free. Currently, Lua is being used in areas ranging from embedded systems to Web development and is widely spread in the game industry, where knowledge of Lua is an indisputable asset.

Programming in Lua is 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 the basics to its API with C---explaining how to make good use of its features and giving numerous code examples. Programming in Lua is targeted at people with some programming background, but does not assume any prior knowledge about Lua or other scripting languages.

About the Author
Roberto Ierusalimschy is an Associate Professor at the Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro. He is the leading architect of Lua.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, 25 Mar 2004
I found this book very good. I have used Lua for over a year now in various projects but I am no Lua expert. The book describes the language itself, data structures, standard libraries and finally the C-language API used in Lua. The book covers the entire language. It covers all the basics but has also advanced topics.

In my opinion I liked most the many examples shown in the book. The examples really show the power of Lua and they show new ways to solve problems in Lua. Before this book I used Lua language’s reference manual to learn Lua. The reference manual describes the language itself well but it lacks of good examples and sometimes rationale for the constructs of the language. I also liked the style of the book. It is very readable and looks very clear.

I recommend this book for Lua programmers. I learned a lot from it.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very clearly written guide to Lua 5.1, 17 Dec 2007
This review is from: Programming in Lua, Second Edition (Paperback)
A very clearly written and concise book, which is something of a rarity in these days of monster tomes full of words and little information! I'm using Lua to extend a number of applications, and am using this book to help me figure-out how to do it. Highly recommended.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars concise, elegent, and classic, 25 Jul 2005
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I came across the Lua scripting language about 4 years ago and
fell in love with it. This book has the makings of a classic text that you will enjoy owning. Its so refreshing to find a well written, small book on a programming language with a huge power to weight ratio. The book covers all aspects of the language and acts as tutorial, reference and language specification. As a regular user of the AWK scripting language I would have appreciated better examples on how to acheive the AWK split() function but otherwise the book provides a large range of really useful code fragments. Congratulations to the author.
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