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Factor 0.91 has been released. Factor is portable, dynamically typed stack-based language, drawing from Forth, Common Lisp, Joy and Slate.

This release includes: a non-optimizing, JIT compiler that replaces the interpreter; an improved hash code algorithm for sequences; 'infer' word and optimizing compiler support for code which uses continuations; profiler improvements; more robust Windows CE native I/O; new and updated libraries; performance enhancements; and other changes.

Planet Factor has been announced. It is a feed aggregator collecting content from Factor-related blogs.

Factor 0.90 has been released. Factor is portable, dynamically typed stack-based language, drawing from Forth, Common Lisp, Joy and Slate.

This release includes: a new module system, the implementation of mixin classes, a new float-array data type, support for IPv6 and UNIX domain sockets, UDP/IP support for all Windows platforms, library improvements, performance improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

Factor 0.89 has been released. Factor is portable, dynamically typed stack-based language, drawing from Forth, Common Lisp, Joy and Slate.

This release includes: preliminary support for Windows CE, UDP support on UNIX, a generic protocol for associative collections, preliminary support for embedding Factor in C applications, the addition of UTF8/UTF16 encoding and decoding words, support for OpenBSD/AMD64, an overhaul of the parser, improvements to the ARM backend, plus other changes and fixes.

Factor 0.88 has been released. Factor is portable, dynamically typed stack-based language, drawing from Forth, Common Lisp, Joy and Slate.

This release includes: a port to OpenBSD/x86, automatic data heap growth, an ARM backend, new and updated modules, plus other changes and bug fixes.

Factor 0.87 has been released. Factor is portable, dynamically typed stack-based language, drawing from Forth, Common Lisp, Joy and Slate.

This release includes: an -e command line option for evaluating a snippet of code on startup, a -quiet command line option, a reorganization of the source tree, a new 'string-lines' word to split a string along line separators, the compilation of the 'float>fixnum' and 'fixnum>float' words as inlined assembly, the removal of the full-text help search, UI improvements, new and updated contributed libraries, plus other changes.

Chris Double has announced that he has made some updates to his Factor to JavaScript compiler. Factor is dynamically typed stack-based language, drawing from Forth, Common Lisp, Joy and Slate.

The updates include: an FFI interface to JavaScript, parser improvements, AJAX support, and other changes.

Factor 0.86 has been released. Factor is portable, dynamically typed stack-based language, drawing from Forth, Common Lisp, Joy and Slate.

This release includes: improved memory management, speed improvements for Windows native I/O, module system changes, new and updated contributed libraries, plus other changes.

Factor 0.85 has been released. Factor is portable, dynamically typed stack-based language, drawing from Forth, Common Lisp, Joy and Slate.

This release includes: garbage collection for the compiled code heap, the use of the module system to organize the core library, UI improvements and fixes, a new dataflow visualizer tool, new and updated contributed libraries, and other changes.

Factor 0.84 has been released. Factor is portable, dynamically typed stack-based language, drawing from Forth, Lisp, Joy, K, and Slate.

This release includes: changes to the argument order for several words, support for native I/O on Windows again, UI improvements, new and updated contributed libraries, plus other changes.

It has been announced that Matthew Willis has implemented a lambda calculus interpreter in Factor.

Factor 0.83 has been released. Factor is a dynamic language with a postfix syntax, inspired by languages such as Forth, Common Lisp, Joy, K and Slate.

This releaes includes: UI improvements, a first-class 'quotation' type, support for Intel Mac OS X, library improvements, and other changes.

Factor 0.82 has been released. Factor is a dynamic language with a postfix syntax, inspired by languages such as Forth, Common Lisp, Joy, K and Slate.

This release includes an overhauled compiler, plus other improvements.

Factor 0.81 has been released. Factor is a dynamic language with a postfix syntax, offering support for object-oriented programming, and inspired by languages such as Forth, Common Lisp, Joy, K and Slate.

This release includes: UI improvements, help system improvements, a Solaris x86 port, support for callbacks to Factor code from C, improved interfacing with Objective-C, plus other changes and fixes.

Factor 0.80 has been released. Factor is a dynamic language with a postfix syntax, offering support for object-oriented programming, and inspired by languages such as Forth, Common Lisp, Joy, K and Slate.

This release includes: a new help system; changes concerning sequences, hashtables, and streams; math-related improvements; support for binding to Objective-C libraries; an AMD64 back-end; plus other changes and fixes.

Factor 0.79 has been released. Factor is a dynamic language with a postfix syntax, offering support for object-oriented programming, and inspired by languages such as Forth, Common Lisp, Joy, K and Slate.

This release includes: a renaming of the 'ifte' combinator to 'if', various syntax changes, easier exception handling, and a new basic block optimizer, in addition to other changes and bugfixes.

Factor 0.78 has been released. Factor is a dynamic language with a postfix syntax, offering support for object-oriented programming, inspired by languages such as Forth, Common Lisp, Joy, K and Slate.

This release composes consecutive stack operations into a single shuffle expression, stores the return stack pointer in a register on x86, includes more efficient compilation of non-recursive inline words, and fixes several PowerPC issues.

Factor 0.77 has been released. Factor is a dynamic language with a postfix syntax, offering support for object-oriented programming, inspired by languages such as Forth, Common Lisp, Joy, K and Slate.

This release includes support for new optimizations performed by the compiler, a new 'sleep' word, new 'with-datastack' and 'cond' combinators, sequence changes, plus other improvements.