Lua Programming Language: Version History and Release Chronology
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Summary
This article provides a comprehensive chronology of Lua programming language versions, detailing the version numbering scheme and release history. It references academic documentation of Lua's evolution presented at the HOPL III conference in 2007 and a continuation published in 2025. The article explains that releases follow an x.y.z numbering system where different releases of the same version correspond to bug fixes, and mentions that source code and documentation for all releases are available in the download area.
Key quotes
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See also its continuation published in 2025 in a journal.
The releases of Lua are numbered x.y.z, where x is the series, x.y is the version, and z is the release.
Different releases of the same version correspond to bug fixes.
The source code and documentation for all releases of Lua are available in the download area.
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