Lua (programming language)
Lua (/ˈluːə/ LOO-ə, from Portuguese: lua [ˈlu.(w)ɐ] meaning moon) is a lightweight multi-paradigm programming language designed primarily for embedded systems and clients. Lua is cross-platform since it is written in ANSI C, and has a relatively simple C API.
Lua was originally designed in 1993 as a language for extending software applications to meet the increasing demand for customization at the time. It provided the basic facilities of most procedural programming languages, but more complicated or domain-specific features were not included; rather, it included mechanisms for extending the language, allowing programmers to implement such features. As Lua was intended to be a general embeddable extension language, the designers of Lua focused on improving its speed, portability, extensibility, and ease-of-use in development.
History
Lua was created in 1993 by Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, and Waldemar Celes, members of the Computer Graphics Technology Group (Tecgraf) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.
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La Jete'e
by: Troubled CoastA man and his youth
You are who you were
Men in white, whispers in the dark
You are who you were
Moscow in my ear whispering fear
Paris burns underground
Paris sleeps just underground
So tie me down
Send me away from here
When nothing makes sense but stilling memories in your head
Let me go, find a way on our own
But, just wait for me with hair-in-wind
Hands-in-teeth, for nothing else
Hey maker, I think I was meant for this
A frozen sun, a woman's face are all I have, are all I need
You were who you were then we met in the silence and peace
You're quiet, eyes are tame
So tie me down
Send me away from here
When nothing makes sense but stilling memories in your head
Let me go, find a way on our own
But, just wait for me with hair-in-wind
Hands-in-teeth, for nothing else
I can't save you
You can't save me
Take your peacetime needs, let go of me
Take your peacetime hopes and bury them
Take your peacetime love and marry her
Take your peacetime wants and tie me down
Take your peacetime life and reassess
Take your peacetime hopes and swallow hard
Take your peace time thoughts and all of your peacetime memories
And don't tell a soul
So tie me down, send me away from here
When nothing makes sense but getting way from here
Let me go, find a way on our own