Programming in Lua, fourth edition

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ISBN-13: 978-8590379867
ISBN-10: 8590379868
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lua.Org (August 1, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 388 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8590379868
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8590379867
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.52 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.44 x 0.8 x 9.69 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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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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Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2020
While this book describes what lua does it actually does a terrible job at giving real world examples. There is no real world examples of coding in this book. It will not help beginners. The examples in this book are completely confusing if you don't have any knowledge of lua to begin with. You could understand lua better reading a javascript book instead. Disappointed with this purchase as I was looking to build on my knowledge of lua not get a bunch of mathmatical print examples.
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Bruce Porteous
5.0 out of 5 stars Good discussion of both using and embedding the language.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2021
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5.0 out of 5 stars You need this book if you are coding in Lua.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2017
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lua is a bit more than a language - its ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2018
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2017
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5.0 out of 5 stars compact just like Lua
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 8, 2018