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Metalua 0.4.1 has been released. It is a static metaprogramming system for Lua.

This release includes: support for 64-bit processors, an interactive REPL, bug fixes, and other changes.

Metalua 0.4 has been released. It is a static metaprogramming system for Lua.

This release includes: a rewrite of the compiler/interpreter front-end, the addition of helper libraries, extensions to the Lua standard libraries, structural pattern matching improvements, an AST grammar overhaul, initial support for hygienic macros, new samples, and other changes.

Lua 5.1.3-rc5 has been released. Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

This release candidate includes bug fixes.

Lua 5.1.3-rc4 has been released. Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

This release candidate includes bug fixes.

Lua 5.1.3-rc3 has been released. Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

This release candidate includes bug fixes and documentation updates.

Lua 5.1.3-rc1 has been released. Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

This release candidate includes bug fixes.

LuaNews has been announced. It is a "summary of the latest happenings on the Lua mail list and elsewhere in the Lua world." Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

Metalua 0.3 has been released. "Metalua is a compiler, backward-compatible with Lua 5.1, which supports compile-time meta-programming a.k.a. Lisp-style macros."

This release includes: compiler improvements, documentation updates, new samples, and more.

Lua 5.1.2 has been released. Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

Lua 5.1.2-rc5 has been released. Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

This release candidate includes bug fixes.

Lua 5.1.2-rc4 has been released. Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

Lua 5.1.2-rc3 has been released. Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

This release candidate includes bug fixes.

Lua 5.1.2-rc2 has been released. Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

This release candidate includes bug fixes.

Lua 5.1.2-rc1 has been released. Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

This release includes bug fixes.

LuaJIT 1.1.2 has been released. It is a just-in-time compiler for Lua, supporting a number of x86 operating systems.

This release includes a couple of bugfixes.

Lua 5.1.1-rc4 has been released. Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

Lua 5.1.1-rc3 has been released. Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

IBM developerWorks is running an article entitled 'Embeddable scripting with Lua', by Martin Streicher. It gives an introduction to Lua, a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

The article introduces the Lua language itself, and also discusses embedding the interpreter within a C program.

Lua 5.1 (final) has been released. Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

ONLamp.com is running an article entitled "Introducing Lua", by Keith Fieldhouse. Lua is a dynamically-typed scripting language offering object-oriented capabilities, designed for extending applications.

The article gives a brief introduction to the goals of Lua and the implementation, and also lists some notable users. The basics of the language are covered, including a number of examples. There is also some discussion of embedding and extending Lua, as well as links to Lua-related resources that may be useful.