diff --git a/MP.MONO.DECODER/MP.MONO.DECODER.csproj b/MP.MONO.DECODER/MP.MONO.DECODER.csproj
index 04b6345..a02f86e 100644
--- a/MP.MONO.DECODER/MP.MONO.DECODER.csproj
+++ b/MP.MONO.DECODER/MP.MONO.DECODER.csproj
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
     <None Update="logs\stdout.log">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
+    <None Update="lua\prova.lua">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
     <None Update="NLog.config">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
diff --git a/MP.MONO.DECODER/Program.cs b/MP.MONO.DECODER/Program.cs
index f29d693..315abf1 100644
--- a/MP.MONO.DECODER/Program.cs
+++ b/MP.MONO.DECODER/Program.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ state.DoString(" print(compute(0.25)) ");
 // Reading values back
 state.DoString(" x = compute(0.75) ");
 state.DoString(" y = 2.0 * (obj.IntegerProperty * x) ");
+string luaPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "lua", "prova.lua");
+state.DoFile(luaPath);
 double x = state.GetNumber("x");
 double y = state.GetNumber("y");
 // Will print: x = -0.1875, y = -6.375
diff --git a/MP.MONO.DECODER/lua/prova.lua b/MP.MONO.DECODER/lua/prova.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8adb133
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MP.MONO.DECODER/lua/prova.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+
+-- This is a one-line comment that ends at the end of the line
+--[[ This a multi-line (long) [comment](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.1)
+     that ends with this closing bracket --> ]]
+--[=[ This is also a long comment ]=]
+
+-- [Numbers](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.1)
+hours = 54
+regularRate = 16
+
+-- [Arithmetic operators](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.5.1)
+-- `+` (addition), `-` (subtraction), `*` (multiplication), `/` (division), 
+-- `%` (modulo), `^` (exponentiation), and unary `-` (negation)
+overtimeRate = regularRate * 1.5
+totalPay = 40 * regularRate + (hours-40) * overtimeRate
+
+-- [Relational operators](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.5.2)
+-- `==` (equal), `~=` (not equal), `<` (less), `>` (more), 
+-- `<=` (less or equal), and `>=` (more or equal)
+-- these operators always result in `false` and `true`.
+isOvertime = hours > 40
+isTheSame = 
+  math.min(regularRate, overtimeRate) == -math.max(-regularRate, -overtimeRate)
+
+-- [Logical operators](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.5.3): `and`, `or`, and `not`
+-- The conjunction operator `and` returns its first argument if this value is `false` or `nil`;
+-- otherwise, `and` returns its second argument.
+-- The disjunction operator `or` returns its first argument if this value is different from `nil`
+-- and `false`; otherwise, `or` returns its second argument.
+-- Both `and` and `or` use short-cut evaluation: the second operand is evaluated only if needed.
+a = 10 or 20 --> 10
+a = 10 or 'something else' --> 10
+a = 10 and 20 --> 20
+a = false and 10 --> false
+
+-- [Strings](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.1)
+firstName = 'Paul'
+lastName = "Kulchenko"
+escapedDoubleQuote = "She said: \"You shouldn't be doing this\""
+stringWithQuotes = [[She said: "You shouldn't be doing this"]]
+-- \\ escapes the slash itself; \n encodes a new line
+moreEscapes = 'She said:\n\"You shouldn\'t be doing\\ this\"'
+
+-- [Concatenation](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.5.4)
+fullName = firstName .. ' ' .. lastName --> Paul Kulchenko
+
+-- [Formatting](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-string.format)
+message = ('The payment amount for %s is %d'):format(fullName, totalPay)
+
+-- Placeholders
+-- %d placeholder is for integer numbers
+print(("%d"):format(5)) --> 5
+-- %s placeholder is for strings
+print(("%s"):format('string')) --> string
+-- %f placeholder is for real numbers
+print(("%.2f"):format(1.5)) --> 1.50
+-- `.2` in `%.2f` specifies the number of decimal digits to be printed
+-- %.0f placeholder truncates real numbers
+print(("%.0f"):format(1.5)) --> 1
+
+-- [Patterns and Captures](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4.1)
+local text = '21.12,24.16,"-1.1%"'
+-- match one digit
+print(string.match(text, '%d')) --> 2
+-- match one or more digits
+print(string.match(text, '%d+')) --> 21
+-- match a (real) number with an optional minus
+print(string.match(text, '%-?%d[%.%d]*')) --> 21.12
+-- match and captures two numbers separated by a comma
+print(string.match(text, '(%-?%d[%.%d]*),(%-?%d[%.%d]*)')) --> 21.12 24.16
+
+-- **Output**
+print(message) -- the output also includes a new line
+print("The payment amount is " .. totalPay)
+print() -- this prints an empty line
+
+-- **Input** ([io.read](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-file:read))
+print("What is your name? ")
+name = io.read() -- reads one line
+print("What is your age? ")
+age = io.read('*n') -- reads one number ignoring whitespaces
+print("You've entered " ..  name .. ' and ' .. age)
+
+-- [Function call](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.5.8)
+result = math.max(overtimeRate, regularRate) -- this function returns one result
+print(result) -- the function `print` doesn't return any results
+
+-- [Function definition](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.5.9)
+function myfunction(arguments) -- this function takes one parameter
+  -- body of the function
+  return 1, 2, 3 -- this function returns three values
+end
+
+-- [Identifiers](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.1)
+-- Identifier is any string of letters, digits, and underscores, not beginning with a digit.
+-- Identifiers (also called names) are used to name variables and table fields.
+-- Lua keywords (`if`, `local`, `do`, and others) are reserved and cannot be used as names.
+
+-- [Variables](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.3)
+-- Variables are places that store values.
+-- There are three kinds of variables in Lua: global variables, local variables, and table fields.
+
+-- [Assignment](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.4.3)
+-- multiple variables localized
+local a, b = 1, 2
+-- this is the same as
+local a = 1
+local b = 2
+
+-- swapping two variables
+local a, b = b, a
+
+-- assigning multiple values returned by a function
+local a, b, c = myfunction() -- assigns 1, 2, 3 to a, b, c
+
+-- [Scope and visibility rules](www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.6)
+-- The scope of variables begins at the first statement after their declaration
+-- and lasts until the end of the innermost block that includes the declaration.
+x = 10                -- global variable
+do                    -- new block
+  local x = x         -- new 'x', with value 10
+  print(x)            --> 10
+  x = x+1
+  do                  -- another block
+    local x = x+1     -- another 'x'
+    print(x)          --> 12
+  end
+  print(x)            --> 11
+end
+print(x)              --> 10  (the global one)
+
+-- **Selection** ([if](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.4.4) statement)
+-- Both `false` and `nil` are considered false; all other values are considered true
+-- (in particular, the number 0 and the empty string are also true).
+if hours > 40 then
+  print("You've had some overtime this week!")
+else
+  print("You have no overtime this week")
+end
+
+-- **for Loop** ([for](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.4.5) statement)
+for i = 1,2 do
+  greeting = i == 1 and 'Hello' or 'Bye'
+  print(greeting, name)
+end
+
+-- **while Loop** ([while](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.4.4) statement)
+print("Enter a number; enter 0 to end the sequence")
+local num = tonumber(io.read("*n"))
+while num ~= 0 do
+  print(num)
+  num = tonumber(io.read("*n"))
+end
+
+-- [Table](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.5.7)
+payByWeek = {320, 540, 340, 880}
+payByPerson = {John = 320, Mary = 340, Bob = 880, Rob = 860}
+
+-- iterate over array part
+for week, pay in ipairs(payByWeek) do
+  print("Paid "..pay.." in week "..week)
+end
+
+-- iterate over hash part (no guaranteed order)
+for person, pay in pairs(payByPerson) do
+  print("Paid "..pay.." to "..person)
+end
+
+-- test if a key is present in the table
+-- `payByPerson['John']` is the same as `payByPerson.John`
+if payByPerson['John'] then
+  print('John has been paid this week')
+end
+
+-- getting random values
+local M, N = 10, 20
+math.random() -- returns a real value in the range [0, 1)
+math.random(M) -- returns an integer value in the range [1, M]
+math.random(M, N) -- returns an integer value in the range [M, N]
+math.randomseed(os.time()) -- "seeds" pseudo-random generator
+-- using the same seed will produce the same sequence
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