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Factor: an extensible interactive language

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Factor: an extensible interactive language

A 2008 Google Tech Talk in which Slava Pestov introduces Factor, a concatenative language influenced by Forth, Lisp and Smalltalk. It covers the interactive environment, metaprogramming, and the language's modern high-level features and libraries.

HN recommends it as the best introduction to Factor and concatenative programming, with commenters saying it impressed them with the engineering.

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