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Why Factor
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The Factor programming language 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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The implementation is fully compiled for performance, while still supporting interactive development. Factor applications are portable between all common platforms. Factor can deploy stand-alone applications on all platforms. Full source code for the Factor project is available under a BSD license.
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-The Factor programming language combines powerful language features with a full-featured library. The implementation is fully compiled for performance, while still supporting interactive development. Factor applications are portable between all common platforms. Factor can deploy stand-alone applications on all platforms. Full source code for the Factor project is available under a BSD license.
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-Most of the above links point to pages on the concatenative.org wiki.
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-Factor belongs to the family of concatenative languages: this means that, at the lowest level, a Factor program is a series of words (functions) that manipulate a stack of references to dynamically-typed values. This gives the language a powerful foundation which allows many abstractions and paradigms to be built on top. Reload this page to see a random code example below.
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To download a binary, follow the link corresponding to your computer's CPU/OS configuration. Binary packages are the recommended route for new users who wish to try Factor.
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To download a binary, follow the link for the desired OS / CPU configuration. Binary packages are the recommended route for new users who wish to try Factor.
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Stable and development releases are built and uploaded by the build farm. Follow @FactorBuilds on Twitter to receive notifications. If you're curious, take a look at the build farm dashboard.
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Source code: available via github or gitweb.
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Source code is stored in our GIT repository. Source can can be browsed online via github or gitweb.
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Stable and development releases are built and uploaded by the build farm. Follow @FactorBuilds on Twitter to receive notifications. If you're curious, take a look at the build farm dashboard. You can also build Factor on your own platform from source.
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