Hello, I am tinkering with factor and was wondering if it is OK to pick your brains here? As I play around with the language questions come up that are probably easy for you to answer. I don't see much action on the #concatenative IRC channel so I thought the maling list might be a better place?
As a starter: - I see a common pattern in definitions of using `dip` instead of `swap`. Is there some special reason for that? Is it more performant? I know the words aren't interchangeable but e.g. `with-directory-files` has `[ [ "" directory-files ] ] dip` which as far as I can tell is equivalent to `[ "" directory-files ] swap`. I saw this pattern in more definitions. - is there any sequence generator/iterator vocabulary? Something that gives or computes values on demand. One can find it in many languages with a bit different flavor, e.g. Scheme, Rust, Python. I saw that there is lists.lazy which can serve a similar purpose but is a bit more heavy weight in some cases. Maybe this isn't needed in factor at all and you use a different pattern to solve a similar problem? All in all the language is quite fun, I like it when one has to fight his own brain to get something done because one often learns so much along the way. Any tips welcome, thank you -- ------------ Peter Nagy ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
