Re: lua : learning : pre-requisite knowledge?

[Peter Aronoff <telemachus@...>]

On Thu Jun 06/12/14 at  1:37, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
> would "programming in lua" by mr. ierusalimschy, 3rd edition be a good
> starting point?

It is an outstanding book, but maybe not the best choice for someone who
doesn't know programming at all. The book assumes some programming
experience. So PiL might work better as a second, or later, book.

Unfortunately there's no other book I know of that's entirely up-to-date.
You might find "Beginning Lua Programming"[1] a bit more gentle. As
I recall it's aimed at Lua 5.1, so it's relatively recent.

Hope this helps, P

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Lua-Programming-Kurt-Jung/dp/0470069171/
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