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   guess aix bsd c89 freebsd generic ios linux linux-readline macosx mingw posix solaris
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  If your platform is listed, just do "<KBD>make xxx</KBD>", where xxx
  is your platform name.
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  If your platform is not listed, try the closest one or posix, generic,
  c89, in this order.
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The compilation takes only a few moments
and produces three files in the <TT>src</TT> directory:
lua (the interpreter),
luac (the compiler),
and liblua.a (the library).
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  To check th