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- Subject: Re: lua 5.2 for windows
- From: "David Collier" <myshkin@...>
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 14:36 +0100 (BST)
OK, thanks for all the help,
As pointed out, this facility is in the distribution... it just wasn't
called what I thought it was, so my perfunctory search missed it.
Thanks all, especially <Jeff Pohlmeyer>.
D
> *From:* "david collier" <myshkin@cix.co.uk>
> *To:* "Lua mailing list" <lua-l@lists.lua.org>
> *Date:* Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:15:51 +0100
>
> getting to know Lua, and a bit stunned to find the version I'm
> using has no bit-manipulation. Ovbiously not purposed at the sort
> of stuff I'm used to.
>
> So I see that there is "something better" in 5.2
>
> Off I go to install 5.2 on my PC, but I find that Lua for Windows
> is still stuck on 5.1.
>
> So I have 3 questions:
>
> 1. how do I read up on how I can do bit and and shift in 5.2?
> 2. What would I need to do to install a new library on my 5.1
> installation... is it just downloading binary or do I need to wind
> up a C compiler?
> 3. Is there a how-to to install a complete Lua set-up on Windoze?
> I've tried downloading the 5.2 binaies and includes and dumping
> them in a clone of my 5.1 directory, but that didn't end well.
>
> TVM
>
> David
>
>