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diff --git a/doc/luac.html b/doc/luac.html index 3ecdfdf0..7b7e0f70 100644 --- a/doc/luac.html +++ b/doc/luac.html @@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ protecting source code from accidental user changes, and off-line syntax checking. <P> -Pre-compiling does not imply faster execution +Precompiling does not imply faster execution because in Lua chunks are always compiled into bytecodes before being executed. <B>luac</B> simply allows those bytecodes to be saved in a file for later execution. <P> -Pre-compiled chunks are not necessarily smaller than the corresponding source. -The main goal in pre-compiling is faster loading. +Precompiled chunks are not necessarily smaller than the corresponding source. +The main goal in precompiling is faster loading. <P> The binary files created by <B>luac</B> @@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ In the command line, you can mix text files containing Lua source and binary files containing precompiled chunks. -This is useful to combine several precompiled chunks, +This is useful because several precompiled chunks, even from different (but compatible) platforms, -into a single precompiled chunk. +can be combined into a single precompiled chunk. <P> You can use <B>'-'</B> |