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+README for LuaJIT 2.0.0-beta1
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+LuaJIT is a Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler for the Lua programming language.
+
+Project Homepage: http://luajit.org/
+
+LuaJIT is Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Mike Pall.
+LuaJIT is free software, released under the MIT/X license.
+See full Copyright Notice in src/luajit.h
+
+Documentation for LuaJIT is available in HTML format.
+Please point your favorite browser to:
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+ doc/luajit.html
+