FlatBuffers implementation for the Lobster programming language

Language, see: http://strlen.com/lobster/ and https://github.com/aardappel/lobster

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+Use in Lobster    {#flatbuffers_guide_use_lobster}
+==============
+
+## Before you get started
+
+Before diving into the FlatBuffers usage in Lobster, it should be noted that the
+[Tutorial](@ref flatbuffers_guide_tutorial) page has a complete guide to general
+FlatBuffers usage in all of the supported languages (including Lobster). This
+page is designed to cover the nuances of FlatBuffers usage, specific to
+Lobster.
+
+You should also have read the [Building](@ref flatbuffers_guide_building)
+documentation to build `flatc` and should be familiar with
+[Using the schema compiler](@ref flatbuffers_guide_using_schema_compiler) and
+[Writing a schema](@ref flatbuffers_guide_writing_schema).
+
+## FlatBuffers Lobster library code location
+
+The code for the FlatBuffers Lobster library can be found at
+`flatbuffers/lobster`. You can browse the library code on the
+[FlatBuffers GitHub page](https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/tree/master/
+lobster).
+
+## Testing the FlatBuffers Lobster library
+
+The code to test the Lobster library can be found at `flatbuffers/tests`.
+The test code itself is located in [lobstertest.lobster](https://github.com/google/
+flatbuffers/blob/master/tests/lobstertest.lobster).
+
+To run the tests, run `lobster lobstertest.lobster`. To obtain Lobster itself,
+go to the [Lobster homepage](http://strlen.com/lobster) or
+[github](https://github.com/aardappel/lobster) to learn how to build it for your
+platform.
+
+## Using the FlatBuffers Lobster library
+
+*Note: See [Tutorial](@ref flatbuffers_guide_tutorial) for a more in-depth
+example of how to use FlatBuffers in Lobster.*
+
+There is support for both reading and writing FlatBuffers in Lobster.
+
+To use FlatBuffers in your own code, first generate Lobster classes from your
+schema with the `--lobster` option to `flatc`. Then you can include both
+FlatBuffers and the generated code to read or write a FlatBuffer.
+
+For example, here is how you would read a FlatBuffer binary file in Lobster:
+First, import the library and the generated code. Then read a FlatBuffer binary
+file into a string, which you pass to the `GetRootAsMonster` function:
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{.lobster}
+    include "monster_generated.lobster"
+
+    let fb = read_file("monsterdata_test.mon")
+    assert fb
+    let monster = MyGame_Example_GetRootAsMonster(fb)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Now you can access values like this:
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{.lobster}
+    let hp = monster.hp
+    let pos = monster.pos
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+As you can see, even though `hp` and `pos` are functions that access FlatBuffer
+data in-place in the string buffer, they appear as field accesses.
+
+## Speed
+
+Using FlatBuffers in Lobster should be relatively fast, as the implementation
+makes use of native support for writing binary values, and access of vtables.
+Both generated code and the runtime library are therefore small and fast.
+
+Actual speed will depend on wether you use Lobster as bytecode VM or compiled to
+C++.
+
+## Text Parsing
+
+Lobster has full support for parsing JSON into FlatBuffers, or generating
+JSON from FlatBuffers. See `samples/sample_test.lobster` for an example.
+
+This uses the C++ parser and generator underneath, so should be both fast and
+conformant.
+
+<br>