Re: [Factor-talk] Factor strengths

2016-02-22 Thread John Benediktsson
I'm sure you could provide a lot of that to your friend, but when in doubt, you could try: Factor is a concatenative, stack-based programming language with high-level features including dynamic types, extensible syntax, macros, and garbage collection. It has a full-featured library, supports

[Factor-talk] Factor strengths

2016-02-22 Thread Alexander Ilin
Hello!   I recently told a friend of mine about Factor and how I'm studying it and writing little scripts in it. He asked me the usual questions, like, "why not Python" and "what's the main Factor strengths".   While I like Factor aesthetically, for its core simplicity, it got me wondering,