[ANNOUNCE] Lua 5.0 now available

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>]

The final version of Lua 5.0 is now available for downloading at
	http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.0.tar.gz

The tarball contains complete documentation in HTML, including an updated
reference manual. Printable versions of the manual are available at
	http://www.lua.org/ftp/refman-5.0.pdf
	http://www.lua.org/ftp/refman-5.0.ps.gz
The pdf version contains hyperlinks.

Here is a brief summary of the changes (see HISTORY for a complete list):

  + Lua coroutines (colaborative multithreading).
  + lexical scoping.
  + tags replaced by metatables and tag methods replaced by metamethods.
  + new boolean type.
  + proper tail calls.
  + weak tables.
  + still faster: new register-based virtual machine + new algorithm for tables.
  + new error handling protocol.
  + better error messages.
  and much more...

Please report any problems to lua@tecgraf.puc-rio.br.

Enjoy.
--lhf