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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.

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8590379817
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978-8590379812
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Roberto Ierusalimschy
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1 Nov. 2003
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English
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18.42 x 1.91 x 22.23 cm
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288 pages
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Roberto Ierusalimschy (1 Nov. 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8590379817
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8590379812
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.42 x 1.91 x 22.23 cm

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Roberto Ierusalimschy is the leading architect of the Lua programming language, driving its development since its inception in 1993. He is a full professor of Computer Science at PUC-Rio (the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro), where he works with programming-language design and implementation.

Roberto has a M.Sc. Degree and a D.Sc. Degree in Computer Science, both from PUC-Rio. He was a visiting researcher at the University of Waterloo, ICSI, GMD, and UIUC, and a Tinker Professor at Stanford. As a professor at PUC-Rio, Roberto was the advisor of several students that later became influential members of the Lua community. Roberto is also a member of the IFIP Working Group on Language Design.

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Gordon Roger Lawrence

More of a reference book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 19 January 2020

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It taught me a lot but not really the things I wanted to learn. Certainly a book for someone learning Lua, but definitely not the only book.

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Fred Flintstone from Gateshead

concise, elegent, and classic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 25 July 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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pete3894792

Very clearly written guide to Lua 5.1

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 17 December 2007

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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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Gareth Williams

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 21 July 2016

Perfect for learning

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 1 April 2013

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A very good book on the subject, from the author of the language. I bought it to help me understand Lua better and was very satisfied.

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Best techie book I have ever read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 12 September 2016

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Best techie book I have ever read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 29 June 2014

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Excellent book - the author explains lua in a very easy to understand way.

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