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The Deaf One's Guide to Milking the Moon

Introduction

The documentation of Lua is already a shining example of simplicity, conciseness and clarity, much like Lua itself. We have the equivalent of Kernighan and Ritchie [1] in Programming in Lua [2]. We have the equivalent of the Python Tutorial [3] in the LuaTutorial. So why another book?

Lua is very much a moon, orbiting that large body where most of the Empire resides, Mother C. But if C was portable assembly, Lua is portable C, an abstraction for the embedded generation (these unborn cyborgs).

Like the moon, it deserves to have poetry written about it. It deserves to have poetry written in it (inscribed in glowing moon-rock). So we can pull those C-bound to where the atmosphere is stardust. Where the diminished gravity allows you to explore new creations, go boundless distances.

Who is the Deaf One, you ask? See The Distance of the Moon [Amazon] by Italo Calvino. It's any one of us, when we manage to make Lua dance a little, just by tickling her.

Here are some more points of departure: Why's (poignant) guide to Ruby [4] is instructive (if only for some in the power of metaphor), and The Little Schemer [5] is another blend of humor and concept.

The Deaf One's Guide to Milking the Moon is released under [Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5] license.

Acknowledgements

The authors of Programming in Lua.

The authors of the LuaTutorial.

The authors of Lua.

_why the lucky stiff.

Italo Calvino.