Hi Luis, 2013/12/10 Luis P. Mendes <luisl...@gmail.com>: >>> Here are some benchmarks (posted by the author of Factor?) comparing >>> Factor against V8, LuaJIT, SBCL, and CPython: >>> >>> http://factor-language.blogspot.com/2010/05/comparing-factors-performance-against.html >>> http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/ contains more benchmarks for more >>> programming languages(including C++). > > I know about http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/, but Factor is not one > of the languages being compared.
I believe Factor does very well in various benchmarks. Factor code is not run inside of a VM, like Python or Java (which has a JIT, yes) and is instead compiled to native machine code so it has the potential to be very fast. But it really isn't that important. Factor's Alien library makes it very easy to write cross-platform wrappers for shared libraries. It's analoguous to ctypes in Python but better. So in a large project it would be trivial to write the most performance intensive functions in C and the rest of the application in Factor. Factor already comes with a wrapper for BLAS if you need fast numerical computation, for example. > After some more digging into the language, Factor does really feel > like a very good language. But after some more searching, in > http://planet.factorcode.org/ and the blogs pointed there, I come to > realize that it seems that developers don't earn their living using > Factor, except maybe for Slava Pestov. There are some C++, Java, and > some discussions about incursions in other languages like Self. > So, my question is this: is Factor really meant to be used in real > world business applications? Do developers and main contributors > really believe in this possibility? I'm just a Factor newbie, but sure why not? Right now, not many people use Factor because it is not marketed much and it still has some minor blemishes. Many people like functional programming which Factor excels at so I think it would be possible that more people will become interested in it. -- mvh/best regards Björn Lindqvist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
