Lua 5.4.0 (work2) is now available for testing at http://www.lua.org/work/lua-5.4.0-work2.tar.gz The checksums are MD5 3cdf2a4eb84dde6b6aaf5d2d1de07be9 - SHA1 e8484e61c5c338e3ec2f75dbe0f6703d079fecf9 - This is a work version. All details may change in the final version. An updated reference manual is included and also available at http://www.lua.org/work/doc The complete diffs from work1 to work2 are available at http://www.lua.org/work/diffs-lua-5.4.0-work1-work2.html http://www.lua.org/work/diffu-lua-5.4.0-work1-work2.html Previous work versions are available at http://www.lua.org/work/ The focus of Lua 5.4.0 is performance. We're especially interested in feedback about its performance but all feedback is welcome. Thanks. --lhf