> Is there a cross-platform way to embed these scripts and make > them accessible to require? You can try a combination of my luac.lua and srlua: http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~lhf/ftp/lua/#luac.lua http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~lhf/ftp/lua/#srlua There are alternatives: http://lua-users.org/wiki/BinToCee (see the last section)