ContentsPrefacexiiiITheLanguage11GettingStarted31.1Chunks41.2SomeLexicalConventions51.3GlobalVariables61.4TheStand-AloneInterpreter72TypesandValues92.1Nil102.2Booleans102.3Numbers102.4Strings112.5Tables132.6Functions172.7UserdataandThreads173Expressions193.1