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# Cataract - an environment for end-user programming in Lua 5.1
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"Enable all people to modify the software they use in the course of using it."
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-- https://futureofcoding.org/episodes/033.html
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"What if we, and all computer users, could reach in and modify our favorite apps?"
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-- https://www.inkandswitch.com/end-user-programming
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"Software must be as easy to change as it is to use it"
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-- https://malleable.systems
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# README for Lua 5.1
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* What is Lua?
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Lua is a powerful, light-weight programming language designed for extending
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applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone
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language. Lua is free software.
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For complete information, visit Lua's web site at http://www.lua.org/ .
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For an executive summary, see http://www.lua.org/about.html .
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Lua has been used in many different projects around the world.
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For a short list, see http://www.lua.org/uses.html .
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* Availability
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Lua is freely available for both academic and commercial purposes.
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See COPYRIGHT and http://www.lua.org/license.html for details.
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Lua can be downloaded at http://www.lua.org/download.html .
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* Installation
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Lua is implemented in pure ANSI C, and compiles unmodified in all known
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platforms that have an ANSI C compiler. In most Unix-like platforms, simply
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do "make" with a suitable target. See INSTALL for detailed instructions.
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* Origin
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Lua is developed at Lua.org, a laboratory of the Department of Computer
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Science of PUC-Rio (the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
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in Brazil).
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For more information about the authors, see http://www.lua.org/authors.html .
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