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* Package name : factor Version : 0.81 Upstream Author : Slava Pestov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://factorcode.org/ * License : BSD Programming Lang: C, Factor Description : compiler for the concatenative language Factor Factor is a dynamic programming language. The end goal is to have a high performance, robust language for general-purpose client-side and server-side application development. . Factor is a natural evolution of Forth, combining Forth's simplicity and minimalism with a dynamically typed runtime supporting a Lisp-style object model and meta-programming. Factor also builds upon ideas from Joy, K, and Slate. . Language features: - Highly minimalist, very consistent design. No layers upon layers of indirection, no confusing corner-cases, no poorly-thought-out features. - Postfix syntax with an extensible parser; values are passed on the stack. - Higher-order programming allows code blocks to be treated as data and used as parameters. - A powerful and very generic collections library allows many algorithms to be expressed in terms of bulk operations without micro-management of elements, recursion, or loops. - A very consistent object model based on generic predicate dispatch. - Arithmetic operations that closely model mathematical concepts, rather than just being a thin abstraction over underlying machine arithmetic. All integer operations are done in arbitrary precision, and exact fractions are supported. Complex numbers and complex-valued elementary functions are integrated. - Continuations, exception handling. - Powerful and logical meta-programming facilities. Introspection, code generation and extension of both syntax and semantics is very easy. . Implementation features: - Live development environment allows code to be written and tested without restarting your application. Any object in the system can be inspected and modified, and any piece of code can be reloaded and replaced on the fly. - Optimizing compiler (x86, PowerPC, AMD64 backends). - Generational garbage collection. - Graphical user interface framework. - Hypertext online help. - Straightforward C library interface supporting callbacks. - Bindings for OpenGL, FreeType, X11 and Cocoa. - Static stack effect inference. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15.6 Locale: LANG=C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
