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> The "Great Win32 Computer Language Shootout"
> (http://dada.perl.it/shootout/) has been updated to include Lua 5.0
> (our thanks to Aldo Calpini). It still keeps Lua 4.0, so it is a nice
> place to compare the performance of both versions. As expected, 5.0
> outperforms 4.0 in almost all tests. In the final scorebord, Lua 5.0
> scaled up five positions (compared to Lua 4.0).

Nice to see Lua5 using less memory (on average) and being slightly
faster. Where does the memory saving come from? Locals? Register
optimisation?

Nick