On Sep 18, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Patrick Mc(avery <patr...@spellingbeewinnars.org> wrote:
> I'm not joking, I am thinking about factor at night when I dream, it's > absolutely fascinating but I am having a hard time learning it. With > most languages you can learn the core first and the libraries later, > with factor the line between the two is fuzzy and it seems like a full > blown effort is required. -Patrick Trying to learn all the libraries before using Factor is like trying to learn all of CPAN before using Perl (or Hackage before using Haskell, or PyPI before using Python—pick your favorite). Try picking a problem to solve in Factor and you can learn the libraries as you go. As John recommended, the contents of core/ are a decent definition for "core language"—that's the essential part of Factor that it requires to bootstrap itself. -Joe
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