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On Saturday 01 February 2003 08:04, Peter Hill wrote:
> There should be a "design notes" section of the manual, even (hmm, no,
> *especially*) in the beta stage. It should list the changes with:

I think that a separate document ("Moving from Lua 4 to Lua 5") aimed at Lua 4 
programmers and explaining in detail new features, differences, pitfalls, 
performance tips (etc.) would do wonders for a faster adoption of lua 5.

I know very well that such a document is not easy or amusing to write, but it 
would be *really* useful. At least, for me it will certainly be.

  .Erix.