RELEASE LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta11
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<div id="main">
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<p>
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This is a list of changes between the released versions of LuaJIT.<br>
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The current <span style="color: #c00000;">development version</span> is <strong>LuaJIT 2.0.0-beta10</strong>.<br>
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The current <span style="color: #c00000;">development version</span> is <strong>LuaJIT 2.0.0-beta11</strong>.<br>
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The current <span style="color: #0000c0;">stable version</span> is <strong>LuaJIT 1.1.8</strong>.
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</p>
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<p>
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@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ open a terminal window and change to this directory. Now unpack the archive
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and change to the newly created directory:
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</p>
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<pre class="code">
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tar zxf LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta10.tar.gz
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cd LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta10</pre>
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tar zxf LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta11.tar.gz
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cd LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta11</pre>
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<h3>Building LuaJIT</h3>
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<p>
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The supplied Makefiles try to auto-detect the settings needed for your
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<p style="color: #c00000;">
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Note: to avoid overwriting a previous version, the beta test releases
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only install the LuaJIT executable under the versioned name (i.e.
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<tt>luajit-2.0.0-beta10</tt>). You probably want to create a symlink
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<tt>luajit-2.0.0-beta11</tt>). You probably want to create a symlink
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for convenience, with a command like this:
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</p>
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<pre class="code" style="color: #c00000;">
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sudo ln -sf luajit-2.0.0-beta10 /usr/local/bin/luajit
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sudo ln -sf luajit-2.0.0-beta11 /usr/local/bin/luajit
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</pre>
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<h2 id="windows">Windows Systems</h2>
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substantial margin.
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</p>
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<p>
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For <b>LuaJIT 2.0</b> the whole VM has been rewritten from the ground up
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For <b>LuaJIT 2.0</b>, the whole VM has been rewritten from the ground up
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and relentlessly optimized for performance. It combines a <b>high-speed
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interpreter</b>, written in assembler, with a <b>state-of-the-art JIT
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compiler</b>.
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@@ -89,16 +89,12 @@ interactive mode, too.
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<p class="indent" style="color: #c00000;">
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Note: the beta test releases only install under the versioned name on
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POSIX systems (to avoid overwriting a previous version). You either need
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to type <tt>luajit-2.0.0-beta10</tt> to start it or create a symlink
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to type <tt>luajit-2.0.0-beta11</tt> to start it or create a symlink
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with a command like this:
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</p>
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<pre class="code" style="color: #c00000;">
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sudo ln -sf luajit-2.0.0-beta10 /usr/local/bin/luajit
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sudo ln -sf luajit-2.0.0-beta11 /usr/local/bin/luajit
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</pre>
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<p>
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Unlike previous versions <b>optimization is turned on by default</b> in
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LuaJIT 2.0!<br>It's no longer necessary to use <tt>luajit -O</tt>.
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</p>
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<h2 id="options">Command Line Options</h2>
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<p>
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@@ -199,7 +195,7 @@ itself. For a description of their options and output format, please
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read the comment block at the start of their source.
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They can be found in the <tt>lib</tt> directory of the source
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distribution or installed under the <tt>jit</tt> directory. By default
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this is <tt>/usr/local/share/luajit-2.0.0-beta10/jit</tt> on POSIX
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this is <tt>/usr/local/share/luajit-2.0.0-beta11/jit</tt> on POSIX
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systems.
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</p>
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@@ -221,6 +217,10 @@ optimizations and higher numbers enable more optimizations. Omitting
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the level (i.e. just <tt>-O</tt>) sets the default optimization level,
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which is <tt>-O3</tt> in the current version.
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</p>
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<p style="font-size: 8pt;">
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Note: Unlike previous versions, <b>optimization is turned on by default</b> in
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LuaJIT 2.0!<br>It's no longer necessary to use <tt>luajit -O</tt>.
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</p>
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<p>
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The second form adds or removes individual optimization flags.
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The third form sets a parameter for the VM or the JIT compiler
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@@ -62,20 +62,11 @@ ul li { padding-bottom: 0.3em; }
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</div>
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<div id="main">
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<p>
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The <span style="color: #0000c0;">LuaJIT 1.x</span> series represents
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the current <span style="color: #0000c0;">stable branch</span>.
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Only a single bug has been discovered in the last three years. So, if
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you need a rock-solid VM, you are encouraged to fetch the latest
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release of LuaJIT 1.x from the <a href="http://luajit.org/download.html"><span class="ext">»</span> Download</a>
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page.
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</p>
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<p>
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<span style="color: #c00000;">LuaJIT 2.0</span> is the currently active
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<span style="color: #c00000;">development branch</span> in beta test.
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It has <a href="http://luajit.org/performance.html"><span class="ext">»</span> much better performance</a> than
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LuaJIT 1.x and runs on many more platforms and architectures.
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It's nearing a stable release, so you should definitely
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start to evaluate it for new projects right now.
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The branch has already been frozen as it's nearing a stable release.
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</p>
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<h2>Current Status</h2>
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