Hi Guys,
We have a developer community at where I work, and we do monthly tech
talks that usually last between 30 and 40 minutes. I presume very few in
that group have looked at stack based languages before, and I've been
wanting to do a small talk about Factor there.
After spending a week preparing slides, I'm having a bit of trouble
understanding what would be a meaningful scope for my talk. I really
want to touch upon a couple of aspects:
- show what stack based code looks like (i.e. avoid naming variables
most of the time)
- show that all syntax is just words, and that syntax is extensible
- show a little of the help system
- show a bit of the interactive development workflow (change, refresh,
test)
But, I'm suspecting before I even get here I might need to spend a lot
of time talking about stack-effects, combinators, and other basics
before they might get a feel for what factor code feels like. And this
I'm afraid might be a little too much to digest in a short time. Words
like dip, bi@ and sequence combinators like map seem fundamental to work
with factor, and I'm afraid a short presentation might not be the best
place to introduce these topics. But, without them code examples are
going to be hard to understand.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Sankar
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