diff -r 3c404a296995 -r 219e05867366 src/luan/interp/GenericForStmt.java
--- a/src/luan/interp/GenericForStmt.java	Fri May 23 03:21:54 2014 +0000
+++ b/src/luan/interp/GenericForStmt.java	Fri May 23 04:30:29 2014 +0000
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import luan.LuanException;
 import luan.LuanFunction;
 import luan.LuanSource;
+import luan.LuanBit;
 
 
 final class GenericForStmt extends CodeImpl implements Stmt {
@@ -22,9 +23,11 @@
 
 	@Override public void eval(LuanStateImpl luan) throws LuanException {
 		LuanFunction iter = luan.bit(se).checkFunction( iterExpr.eval(luan) );
+		LuanBit bit = luan.bit(iterExpr.se());
+		String name = iterExpr.se().text();
 		try {
 			while(true) {
-				Object[] vals = luan.bit(iterExpr.se()).call(iter,iterExpr.se().text());
+				Object[] vals = bit.call(iter,name);
 				if( vals.length==0 || vals[0]==null )
 					break;
 				for( int i=0; i<nVars; i++ ) {

diff -r 3c404a296995 -r 219e05867366 src/luan/interp/LuanParser.java
--- a/src/luan/interp/LuanParser.java	Fri May 23 03:21:54 2014 +0000
+++ b/src/luan/interp/LuanParser.java	Fri May 23 04:30:29 2014 +0000
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@
 			|| (stmt=ImportStmt()) != null
 			|| (stmt=BreakStmt()) != null
 			|| (stmt=GenericForStmt()) != null
-			|| (stmt=NumericForStmt()) != null
 			|| (stmt=TryStmt()) != null
 			|| (stmt=DoStmt()) != null
 			|| (stmt=WhileStmt()) != null
@@ -350,39 +349,6 @@
 		return parser.success(stmt);
 	}
 
-	private Stmt NumericForStmt() throws ParseException {
-		int start = parser.begin();
-		if( !Keyword("for") )
-			return parser.failure(null);
-		String name = RequiredName();
-		RequiredMatch( "=" );
-		Spaces();
-		Expr from = expr(RequiredExpr());
-		Expr to;
-		Expr step;
-		if( parser.match(',') ) {
-			Spaces();
-			to = expr(RequiredExpr());
-			if( parser.match(',') ) {
-				Spaces();
-				step = expr(RequiredExpr());
-			} else {
-				step = new ConstExpr(1);
-			}
-		} else {
-			RequiredKeyword("to");
-			to = expr(RequiredExpr());
-			step = Keyword("step") ? expr(RequiredExpr()) : new ConstExpr(1);
-		}
-		addSymbol(name);  // add "for" var to symbols
-		RequiredKeyword("do");
-		Stmt loop = RequiredLoopBlock();
-		RequiredKeyword("end");
-		Stmt stmt = new NumericForStmt( se(start), symbolsSize()-1, from, to, step, loop );
-		popSymbols(1);
-		return parser.success(stmt);
-	}
-
 	private Stmt TryStmt() throws ParseException {
 		parser.begin();
 		if( !Keyword("try") )

diff -r 3c404a296995 -r 219e05867366 src/luan/interp/NumericForStmt.java
--- a/src/luan/interp/NumericForStmt.java	Fri May 23 03:21:54 2014 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package luan.interp;
-
-import luan.Luan;
-import luan.LuanException;
-import luan.LuanSource;
-import luan.LuanBit;
-
-
-final class NumericForStmt extends CodeImpl implements Stmt {
-	private final int iVar;
-	private final Expr fromExpr;
-	private final Expr toExpr;
-	private final Expr stepExpr;
-	private final Stmt block;
-
-	NumericForStmt(LuanSource.Element se,int iVar,Expr fromExpr,Expr toExpr,Expr stepExpr,Stmt block) {
-		super(se);
-		this.iVar = iVar;
-		this.fromExpr = fromExpr;
-		this.toExpr = toExpr;
-		this.stepExpr = stepExpr;
-		this.block = block;
-	}
-
-	@Override public void eval(LuanStateImpl luan) throws LuanException {
-		LuanBit bit = luan.bit(se);
-		double v = bit.checkNumber( fromExpr.eval(luan) ).doubleValue();
-		double limit = bit.checkNumber( toExpr.eval(luan) ).doubleValue();
-		double step = bit.checkNumber( stepExpr.eval(luan) ).doubleValue();
-		try {
-			while( step > 0.0 && v <= limit || step < 0.0 && v >= limit ) {
-				luan.stackSet( iVar, v );
-				block.eval(luan);
-				v += step;
-			}
-		} catch(BreakException e) {
-		} finally {
-			luan.stackClear(iVar,iVar+1);
-		}
-	}
-
-}

diff -r 3c404a296995 -r 219e05867366 src/luan/lib/BasicLib.java
--- a/src/luan/lib/BasicLib.java	Fri May 23 03:21:54 2014 +0000
+++ b/src/luan/lib/BasicLib.java	Fri May 23 04:30:29 2014 +0000
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 				add( global, "load_file", LuanState.class, String.class );
 				add( global, "pairs", LuanState.class, LuanTable.class );
 				add( global, "print", LuanState.class, new Object[0].getClass() );
+				add( global, "range", LuanState.class, Double.TYPE, Double.TYPE, Double.class );
 				add( global, "raw_equal", Object.class, Object.class );
 				add( global, "raw_get", LuanTable.class, Object.class );
 				add( global, "raw_len", LuanState.class, Object.class );
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@
 
 	private static LuanFunction pairs(final Iterator<Map.Entry<Object,Object>> iter) {
 		return new LuanFunction() {
-			public Object[] call(LuanState luan,Object[] args) {
+			@Override public Object[] call(LuanState luan,Object[] args) {
 				if( !iter.hasNext() )
 					return LuanFunction.EMPTY;
 				Map.Entry<Object,Object> entry = iter.next();
@@ -200,4 +201,21 @@
 		return luan.JAVA.repr(v);
 	}
 
+	public static LuanFunction range(LuanState luan,final double from,final double to,Double stepV) throws LuanException {
+		final double step = stepV==null ? 1.0 : stepV;
+		if( step == 0.0 )
+			throw luan.JAVA.exception("bad argument #3 (step may not be zero)");
+		return new LuanFunction() {
+			double v = from;
+
+			@Override public Object[] call(LuanState luan,Object[] args) {
+				if( step > 0.0 && v > to || step < 0.0 && v < to )
+					return LuanFunction.EMPTY;
+				double rtn = v;
+				v += step;
+				return new Object[]{rtn};
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
 }