Talk:Factor (programming language)

Is this language at all notable? Stevage 15:17, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No less notable than List of vehicles in the Simpsons or a thousand other topics here. It's had far more development and practical application than the Joy language, let alone Brainfuck. 67.98.226.12 23:23, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ceran 18:52, 17 May 2006 (UTC)Aside from answering the eternal question "What would Lisp look like backwards?", no, this language isn't very notable. That said, the previous commenter makes a good point in that there are articles on far less note-worthy topics. More importantly (and surprisingly), it still appears to be under active development. As of today, the author is making regular updates to his blog at http://factor-language.blogspot.com/. So who knows, maybe this boring love-child of Lisp and Forth might actually become useful.[reply]

Interpreted language?

Quote: "Factor was originally only interpreted, but it can now also be compiled. The compiler is written entirely in Factor, and it does not output standalone executables but rather merely a faster image."

So in other words....the compiler optimizes the code, which is still in Factor? Or am I missing something here? Bjelleklang - talk Bug Me 23:59, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]