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== Notability ==

Is this language really notable? There isn't much information about it besides from their own site, a few blogs, and random content aggregators. [[Special:Contributions/64.191.188.252|64.191.188.252]] ([[User talk:64.191.188.252|talk]]) 18:03, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

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::Anyway, as I wrote above I am now convinced that Factor is notable. I won't revert if anybody removes the notability tag from the article again. — [[User:Tobias Bergemann|Tobias Bergemann]] ([[User talk:Tobias Bergemann|talk]]) 07:28, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

:: Factor creator Slava Pestov gave a talk at the Boston Lisp Conference: http://groups.google.com/group/plt-scheme/browse_thread/thread/ab773a06e6fd73cf?fwc=2 <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/68.230.164.105|68.230.164.105]] ([[User talk:68.230.164.105|talk]]) 04:56, 14 February 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

The factorial! function example is out of date. The ranges syntax has been changed from [1,b] to [1..b]

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==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? [[User:Bjelleklang|Bjelleklang]] - [[User_talk:Bjelleklang|talk]] <fontspan style="font-size:8px; color:red; font-face:arial">[[User:Bjelleklang/Tools|<span style="font-size:8px; color:red; font-face:arial">Bug Me</span>]]</fontspan> 23:59, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

:No, the compiler converts Factor into machine code (currently supporting PPC, x86, x86-64 and ARM), which is nevertheless stored in the image with non-compiled Factor code. Maybe the wording was unclear. <small>[[User:LittleDan|LittleDan]]</small>^{[[User talk:LittleDan|talk]]} 17:21, 8 August 2007 (UTC)