Factor - Programming language

Factor is an actively used programming language created in 2007. Factor is a stack-oriented programming language created by Slava Pestov. Factor is dynamically typed and has automatic memory management, as well as powerful metaprogramming features. The language has a single implementation featuring a self-hosted optimizing compiler and an interactive development environment. Read more on Wikipedia...

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Factor ranks in the top 5% of languages
the Factor website
the Factor wikipedia page
Factor on github
Factor first appeared in 2007
file extensions for Factor include factor
the Factor team is on twitter
tryitonline has an online Factor repl
See also: linux, joy, forth, lisp, self, java, scheme, c, java-bytecode, reverse-polish-notation, xml, opengl, postgresql, sqlite, objective-c, fortran, smalltalk
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Last updated July 22nd, 2019