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@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ or LuaJIT.
</p>
<p>
LuaJIT extends the standard Lua VM with new functionality and adds
several extension modules. Please note this page is only about
several extension modules. Please note, this page is only about
<em>functional</em> enhancements and not about performance enhancements,
such as the optimized VM, the faster interpreter or the JIT compiler.
</p>
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ usage. See also the
</p>
<p>
The generated bytecode is portable and can be loaded on any architecture
that LuaJIT supports, independent of word size or endianess. However the
that LuaJIT supports, independent of word size or endianess. However, the
bytecode compatibility versions must match. Bytecode stays compatible
for dot releases (x.y.0 &rarr; x.y.1), but may change with major or
minor releases (2.0 &rarr; 2.1) or between any beta release. Foreign
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ avoids managing backlinks, saves an allocation and the overhead of
incremental array/hash part growth.
</p>
<p>
Please note this function is meant for very specific situations. In most
Please note, this function is meant for very specific situations. In most
cases it's better to replace the (usually single) link with a new table
and let the GC do its work.
</p>
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ and let the GC do its work.
LuaJIT uses a Tausworthe PRNG with period 2^223 to implement
<tt>math.random()</tt> and <tt>math.randomseed()</tt>. The quality of
the PRNG results is much superior compared to the standard Lua
implementation which uses the platform-specific ANSI rand().
implementation, which uses the platform-specific ANSI rand().
</p>
<p>
The PRNG generates the same sequences from the same seeds on all
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Important: Neither this nor any other PRNG based on the simplistic
<h3 id="io"><tt>io.*</tt> functions handle 64&nbsp;bit file offsets</h3>
<p>
The file I/O functions in the standard <tt>io.*</tt> library handle
64&nbsp;bit file offsets. In particular this means it's possible
64&nbsp;bit file offsets. In particular, this means it's possible
to open files larger than 2&nbsp;Gigabytes and to reposition or obtain
the current file position for offsets beyond 2&nbsp;GB
(<tt>fp:seek()</tt> method).