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(Ranks in Red in the table below are those which fall below the average Rank for this language over all tests. The corresponding programs could possibly benefit from further optimization.)
Test	Source Code	Avg Rank: 22		Avg Rank: 16		Avg Rank: 14		Log
		CPU	Rank	Mem	Rank	LOC	Rank
Ackermann's Function	ackermann.lua	3.81	32	1000	19	11	16	log
Array Access	ary3.lua	11.85	26	1392	16	13	10	log
Count Lines/Words/Chars	wc.lua	4.97	28	620	10	13	11	log
Exception Mechanisms	except.lua	8.99	26	848	12	32	12	log
Fibonacci Numbers	fibo.lua	5.72	31	592	11	6	4	log
Hash (Associative Array) Access	hash.lua	2.09	22	11912	30	10	6	log
Hashes, Part II	hash2.lua	2.71	8	3068	15	13	8	log
Heapsort	heapsort.lua	4.27	23	8312	34	49	14	log
Hello World	hello.lua	1.32	5	580	12	1	4	log
List Operations	lists.lua	4.09	20	4168	24	79	27	log
Matrix Multiplication	matrix.lua	12.35	25	1108	16	35	13	log
Method Calls	methcall.lua	13.05	25	588	10	54	22	log
Nested Loops	nestedloop.lua	4.68	31	592	11	16	15	log
Object Instantiation	objinst.lua	22.66	25	844	10	60	20	log
Random Number Generator	random.lua	2.25	29	596	11	14	9	log
Regular Expression Matching	regexmatch.lua	5.31	8	880	2	17	3	log
Reverse a File	reversefile.lua	2.33	22	21328	31	11	19	log
Sieve of Erathostenes	sieve.lua	24.40	29	1080	18	23	25	log
Spell Checker	spellcheck.lua	2.04	11	6268	22	13	14	log
Statistical Moments	moments.lua	2.29	23	8308	25	43	8	log
String Concatenation	strcat.lua	0.52	25	1432	15	32	45	log
Sum a Column of Integers	sumcol.lua	6.88	28	632	11	7	16	log
Word Frequency Count	wordfreq.lua	3.07	10	1788	12	24	10	log
Tests Not Implemented For This Language: Echo Client/Server, Producer/Consumer Threads