Re: Programming in Lua

[Steve Elkins <sgelkins@...>]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:09:37 -0300
Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:

> > Is the otherwise excellent "Programming in Lua" going to be updated to
> > reflect Lua 5.0 and, if yes, is there an estimated release date?
> 
> It is already updated! It is going through some revisions and final

This is great news.  I've been using a copy (January 22, 2003?) with 
compat.lua to teach myself Lua; it's a wonderful resource.  It'll be
nice to have some of those 'to do' sections expanded and to see some
Lua5-specific information.

> book ready in 1~2 months.

I'm looking forward to it.

Steve