Lua scripting language - is there a Pupget?

[Lobster]

This program seems to have been written in Lua . . .
http://www.freepops.org/en/

Has anyone used or experimented with Lua - it is a scripting language available as a Pupget . . .

[BarryK]

Yep, lua-4.01 is a pupget, but that version is very old and the Lua language has changed somewhat since then.

[Revolutionist]

this is the lua package needed for lua? and it's compiler!!
this will install everything when done open terminal and type
lua or luac
for more information you should see there site!!!

[klhrevolutionist]

Sorry, about that it is me I put that up there so have fun with it!!!
it is the newest release, just go to there web site for more info, unless you already know of lua!!!

[Lobster]

I don't know it - but it is a fast scripted or interpreted language

very elegant

try version 4 online - hey only 100k to download . . .
http://doris.sourceforge.net/lua/weblua.php

Here is some example code I am working on
(I prefer to use the language - pah - why should I have to learn it)

you create a text file called for example
welcome.lua
and call it by typing lua welcome.lua

in the welcome.lua test file below

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 index = [[
      
         Press Number
   
            1 Welcome 
            2 Strings 
            3 Numbers
            4 Calling C 

         ]] 

    print  (index)



[code]if line == "1" then
 dofile ("welcome.lua") ; line = io.read() ; dofile ("index.lua")
elseif line == "2" then
 dofile ("strings.lua")
elseif line == "3" then
 dofile ("numbers.lua")
elseif line == "4" then
 dofile ("callingc.lua")
end

[/code]


this makes index print on screen the data betwwen [[ and ]]

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index = [[
      
         Press Number
   
            1 Welcome 
            2 Strings 
            3 Numbers
            4 Calling C 
         ]] 

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