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{{Infobox programming language

'''Factor''' is a [[concatenative programming language]] whose design and implementation is led by [[Slava Pestov]]. Factor's main influences are [[Joy programming language|Joy]], [[Forth programming language|Forth]], and [[Lisp programming language|Lisp]], with additional influence from [[Self programming language|Self]].

|name = Factor

|paradigm = stack-based

|year = 2003

|developer = [[Slava Pestov]]

|latest_release_version = .85

|latest_release_date = [[October 19, 2006]]

|typing = strong, dynamic

|influenced_by = [[Joy programming language|Joy]], [[Forth programming language|Forth]], [[Lisp programming language|Lisp]], [[Self programming language|Self]]

|operating_system = [[Windows]] [[MacOS]], [[Linux]], others

|license = [[BSD license]]

|website = [http://factorcode.org/ factorcode.org]

}}

'''Factor''' is a dynamically typed [[concatenative programming language|concatenative]] [[programming language]] whose design and implementation is led by [[Slava Pestov]]. Factor's main influences are [[Joy programming language|Joy]], [[Forth programming language|Forth]], and [[Lisp programming language|Lisp]], with additional influence fromand [[Self programming language|Self]].

Like other concatenative languages, Factor has a [[reverse Polish notation|postfix]] syntax, meaning that you write the arguments of a function before the function name. As an example, [[Hello world]] in Factor is

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Though Factor does not adhere to an external standard the way C does, the language is heavily documented.

As of October 2006, the current version of Factor is .85. A 1.0 release is planned within the next two years.

==External links==

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*[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk Factor mailing list]

*[http://www.ircbrowse.com/cdates.html?channel=concatenative Logs of #conatenative] on [[FreeNode]], a channel which mainly discusses Factor

*[http://factorcode.org/responder/help/ Factor documentation]

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