The reference manual is the official definition of the Lua language.
For a complete introduction to Lua programming, see the book
Programming in Lua.
This manual is also available as a book:
Lua 5.1 Reference Manual by R. Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes
Lua.org, August 2006
ISBN 85-903798-3-3
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