Factor
I finally managed to finish watching the Google Techtalk Slava Pestov recently presented at Google. If you are not familiar with the Factor programming language, let me make the tasteless move of quoting myself from two years ago:
If anything, this is more true now than then. The language has grown in features, efficiency, and clarity and seems to have a small, yet prolific, kernel of extremely talented developers moving it forward.
The main author, Slava, has poured a tremendous amount of energy into this project, and the results show. Where many similar projects chug along as console-only systems, building on a single platform, and limited to simple console interaction, Factor provides a built-in GUI system (based on an OpenGL widget set), embedded help, searchable function reference, tutorials, and examples. If a language can be judged on its merits (rather than peer pressure), Factor sure seems to have a lot of things going for it.
If anything, this is more true now than then. The language has grown in features, efficiency, and clarity and seems to have a small, yet prolific, kernel of extremely talented developers moving it forward.
While I am no Factor expert, I am continually amazed at the quality of work produced on this project, and am enjoying learning more about it. If you haven't had a chance yet, please check it out!
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