Re: [Factor-talk] How to introduce factor to java programmers?

2017-06-16 Thread Sankaranarayanan Viswanathan
Glad you guys liked it. And, I did not notice that typo until you pointed it out - will fix. Thanks, Sankar -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org!

Re: [Factor-talk] How to introduce factor to java programmers?

2017-06-16 Thread Alexander Ilin
I totally agree, the presentation is VERY COOL!Great visual style, great accent on the details in small steps, great topics covered, no clutter. The only minor criticism is the use of the word "breath" instead of "width". If it wasn't some intentional joke, I would at least fix the typo in

Re: [Factor-talk] How to introduce factor to java programmers?

2017-06-16 Thread John Benediktsson
This is GREAT! I love the topics covered, the step-through approach, and the overall feeling. I bet that was a great presentation. Best, John. On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Sankaranarayanan Viswanathan < rationalrev...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Thank you for your inputs. In

Re: [Factor-talk] How to introduce factor to java programmers?

2017-06-16 Thread Sankaranarayanan Viswanathan
Hello Everyone, Thank you for your inputs. In the end, I decided to focus on the aspects of Factor that I was most amazed by when I first discovered the language last year. I presented yesterday, and it was received well. I think I kindled the interest of a few people who attended. The

Re: [Factor-talk] How to introduce factor to java programmers?

2017-05-31 Thread John Benediktsson
Well, technically neither ``dip`` nor ``keep`` need those stack effects, they are inlined which means the non-inline word that includes them will have it's stack effect checked by the compiler for correctness. There are few reasons why we want to have the ".." variadic stack effects, and those

Re: [Factor-talk] How to introduce factor to java programmers?

2017-05-31 Thread Sankaranarayanan Viswanathan
Thanks for the ideas John! I have been looking at the collection of talks, and they've been quite helpful. Your thoughts about discussing "Java like" things makes a lot of sense and I think contrasting Factor's object system with Java's should be a nice topic. That said, I did run into a

Re: [Factor-talk] How to introduce factor to java programmers?

2017-05-30 Thread John Benediktsson
We have a few "talks" that were given a number of years ago (not all code in them is up to date, but it's mostly good -- if you have problems updating the code let me know and I can help): https://github.com/factor/factor/tree/master/extra/talks