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diff --git a/lang/lua4/pkg-descr b/lang/lua4/pkg-descr deleted file mode 100644 index a232582174e2..000000000000 --- a/lang/lua4/pkg-descr +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -Lua is a programming language originally designed for extending applications, -but also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language. Lua -combines simple procedural syntax (similar to Pascal) with powerful data -description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. -Lua is dynamically typed, interpreted from bytecodes, and has automatic memory -management with garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, -scripting, and rapid prototyping. - -A fundamental concept in the design of Lua is to provide meta-mechanisms for -implementing features, instead of providing a host of features directly in -the language. For example, although Lua is not a pure object-oriented -language, it does provide meta-mechanisms for implementing classes and -inheritance. Lua's meta-mechanisms bring an economy of concepts and keep the -language small, while allowing the semantics to be extended in unconventional -ways. Extensible semantics is a distinguishing feature of Lua. - -Lua is implemented as a small library of C functions, written in ANSI C, and -compiles unmodified in all known platforms. The implementation goals are -simplicity, efficiency, portability, and low embedding cost. - -WWW: http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/lua/ |