> I really like amalgamations (for the reasons you note). Is this an ???official??? release of Lua, or a one-off/experimental re-packaging? It is an official re-packaging. It's not experimental, but all feedback is welcome. There is a version for Lua 5.2 at http://www.lua.org/extras/5.2/ which was announced here http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2013-12/msg00273.html I think other versions have been posted here.