Factor 0.100 Now Available

#1

Post by PaulHoule » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 2:47 PM UTC

Factor 0.100 Now Available
re.factorcode.org

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#2

Post by prezjordan » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 4:37 PM UTC

Had no idea it was in active development! I spent a weekend with Factor about two years ago and it was enlightening.

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Post by jna_sh » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 4:40 PM UTC

I spent a couple of weeks getting into Factor in 2022 and it was the most fun I’ve had programming, probably ever. Language itself aside, the dev environment and process of writing Factor is just delightful.

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Post by gre » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 4:55 PM UTC

prezjordan wrote: post #2

Had no idea it was in active development! I spent a weekend with Factor about two years ago and it was enlightening.

Yes! And we have a Discord: https://discord.gg/QxJYZx3QDf

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Post by Pet_Ant » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 5:12 PM UTC

Factor is a lot of fun. I have a dream of one day building an OS from a Forth bootloader all the way up to a highlevel language. Do wish it had a more expressive type system though.

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Post by quercusa » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 5:29 PM UTC

Factor is a concatenative, stack-based programming language with high-level features including dynamic types, extensible syntax, macros, and garbage collection. On a practical side, Factor has a full-featured library, supports many different platforms, and has been extensively documented.

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Post by Scene_Cast2 » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 5:35 PM UTC

I remember first seeing Factor more than a decade ago (maybe even when it just launched, if memory serves correctly). It's really neat to see it thriving.

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Post by mrbluecoat » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 6:15 PM UTC

You had me at scryfall: https://docs.factorcode.org/content/vocab-scryfall.html

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Post by helix278 » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 6:32 PM UTC

Would it be feasible to build a larger application using a language like Factor? I have no experience with concatenative programming, and it seems interesting, but I also get the feeling that larger systems would become rather complex and hard to read.

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 7:08 PM UTC

quercusa wrote: post #6

Factor is a concatenative, stack-based programming language with high-level features including dynamic types, extensible syntax, macros, and garbage collection. On a practical side, Factor has a full-featured library, supports many different platforms, and has been extensively documented.

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