Lua allows multiple assignments, and expressions are evaluated first and are then assigned. For example, the statements
Lua允许使用多种赋值语句，可以先对表达式进行求值，然后再进行赋值。
The luaL_loadbuffer() function compiles a script into Lua code; if there is a syntax error, this is where the failure is observed.
luaL_loadbuffer()函数将一个脚本编译成Lua代码。如果有语法错误，从这里可以观察到失败。
You can download lua as source code from lua.org, and you can find a variety of pre-built binaries at the Lua-users wiki (see Resources for links).
您可以从lua.org上下载lua的源代码，在lua - userswiki(链接请参见参考资料)上可以找到预先编译好的二进制文件。
您已经嵌入了Lua。
A chunk is any sequence of Lua statements.
块可以是任何lua语句序列。
Tables are the catch-all data structure in Lua.
在 Lua 中，表是用来保存所有数据的结构。
Otherwise, you have a valid Lua interpreter state.
否则，就有了一个有效的Lua解释器状态。
wxLua is a binding for the Lua programming language.
wxLua是Lua编程语言的一种绑定。
As of Lua 5.1, the garbage collector works incrementally.
在Lua 5.1中，垃圾收集器是以增量方式工作的。
The inverse -- calling a C function from Lua -- is similar.
反之，在 Lua 中调用C函数也与之类似。
All Lua applications must be embedded in a host application.
所有的Lua应用程序必须要嵌入到宿主应用程序中。
C functions can call Lua functions and vice versa, for example.
举例来说，c函数可以调用lua函数，反之亦然。
A chunk can be stored in a file or in a string in a Lua program.
块可以保存到文件中，或者保存到Lua程序中的字符串中。
The implementation of tables in Lua involves some clever algorithms.
Lua中表的实现涉及一些聪明的算法。
There is no huge suite of autoconf tests; Lua sticks to the standard.
Lua 无需进行大量的autoconf测试，因为它严格遵从标准。
If an error occurs during execution, a Lua string is pushed on the stack.
如果在执行时出现了错误，就向堆栈中压入一个lua字符串。
That is why currently Lua creates empty tables with no pre-allocated slots.
这就是为什么现在Lua创建不带预分配的存储槽的空表。
The Lua interpreter USES a stack interface to communicate with calling code.
Lua解释器使用一个栈接口来与调用代码通信。
At the Lua-users wiki, browse a variety of pre-built, installable Lua binaries.
在Lua -userswiki上，浏览很多预先构建的、可安装的lua二进制文件。
Lua does not export commands to access the system time or other external state.
没有导出命令来访问系统时间或其他外部状态。
As has been intimated, Lua scripts can extend the host language's own capabilities.
由于Lua与宿主语言的关系非常密切，因此lua脚本可以对宿主语言的功能进行扩充。
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陈舒励是菲律宾马尼拉拉刹大学文学教授。
But the reciprocal is true as well: the host language can simultaneously extend Lua.
但是这种融合是双赢的：宿主语言同时也可以对Lua进行扩充。
Usually, you do not need to know anything about how Lua implement tables to use them.
通常，你不需要为使用表而了解有关Lua如何实现它们的任何事。
After you've installed Lua on your system, give the stand-alone Lua interpreter a try.
在系统上安装好Lua之后，我们可以首先来试用一下单独的Lua解释器。
The Lua language offers many other powerful features, and all of them are well documented.
Lua语言提供了很多其他功能强大的特性，所有这些特性都有很好的文档进行介绍。
To explore tables, start the Lua interpreter and type the lines shown in bold in Listing 1.
要对表进行浏览，请启动Lua解释器，并输入清单1中的黑体显示的代码。
If you use Debian Linux, you can install Lua 5.0 quickly and easily by running this command.
如果您使用的是DebianLinux，那么可以以超级用户的身份运行下面的命令来快速安装Lua 5.0。
If your operating system supports dynamic loading, Lua can load and call functions on demand.
如果您的操作系统支持动态加载，那么Lua可以根据需要来动态加载并调用函数。
When a Lua program is executed, it is translated into bytecodes, and then executed in the VM.
当执行一个Lua程序时，将其翻译成bytecodes，然后在VM中执行。
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