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|latest_release_date = [[November 14]], [[2006]]

|typing = [[strong typing|strong]], [[dynamic typing|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]]

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'''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]], [[Lisp programming language|Lisp]] and [[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