We should write a bingo vocabulary that integrates with some hacker-news /
reddit submission API so we can play whenever there's a new release:
"Good to see Factor isn't dead."
"What ever happened to Slava?"
"Does it have native threading yet?"
"Does it compile to [insert unsupported CPU architecture here]? Why not?"
"Is there a Learn You A Factor For Great Good yet?"
"Where can I find some examples of Factor code? Not the standard library,
I just mean code that does something nontrivial in an idiomatic way."
"I played with Factor one afternoon. Didn't like it."
"I should really try Factor one of these days..."
"What's wrong with Haskell's (.) function?"
"Forth is stupid; by extension, so is Factor."
"So, it's basically like Forth?"
"It should be more like Forth."
"This is even more confusing than HP calculators."
"I love HP calculators, so it stands to reason that Factor should be like
an HP calculator."
"So, the only data structure you have is a stack? Isn't that inefficient?"
"So, it's like Lisp but all your code is a stack instead of a linked list?"
"Stack languages are too low-level."
"Why would I want to manipulate the call-stack by hand?"
"It's impossible to program without variable names."
"Stacks are cute, but postfix is too confusing for the Real World."
"You have to read it backwards!"
"Infix languages are easier to read because I know an infix language."
"But what about arithmetic expressions? Betcha didn't think of that!"
"What's the point of having another language if there are already
Turing-complete ones just lying around?"
I kid. :) The discussion's actually been pretty tame, especially on
reddit.
--Alex Vondrak
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 9:44 PM, John Benediktsson <mrj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "You're smart too late and old too soon." - Mike Tyson
>
> I'm very pleased to announce the release of Factor 0.96! You can
> find download links on the Factor website:
>
> http://factorcode.org
>
> This release is brought to you with over 1,100 commits by the following
> individuals:
>
> Alex Vondrak, Benjamin Pollack, Daniel Nagel, Doug Coleman, John
> Benediktsson, Jon Harper, Michael T. Richter, and @PGGB.
>
> Aside from bug fixes and various library improvements, I want to highlight
> the
> following changes:
>
> * Major compiler improvements (thanks Alex Vondrak!):
> * Global Value Numbering (disabled currently by default)
> * Parallel-Copy Semantics
> * Performance improvements to hashtables, hash-sets, heaps, and
> bloom-filters.
> * Support for Retina Displays on OS X
> * Greatly improved table gadget performance
> * PDF streams (and related PDF documentation)!
> * Speed up math comparisons
> * Support resize-window (thanks Jon Harper!)
> * New logo and icons for Factor
> * Added editor support for Textadept, Sublime Text, Geany, BBEdit, and
> XCode.
>
> Some possible backwards compatibility issues:
>
> * Changed <groups>, <clumps>, and <circular-clumps> to use slices.
> * Removed <slicing-groups>, <slicing-clumps>, <slicing-circular-clumps>.
> * Renamed editors.notepadpp to editors.notepad++.
>
> For more details, please see the full announcement at:
>
> http://re-factor.blogspot.com/2013/04/factor-0-96-now-available.html
>
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