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Re: Beginning Factor is like programming assembler

Phil Dawes — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:22:51 -0000

hmmm.. I think you're right. Maybe I should elaborate in another post. In the meantime I suspect the factor mailing list is littered with examples. Here's a recent one.

Re: Beginning Factor is like programming assembler

mschaef — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:20:11 -0000

This is one of those posts that could work really well with an example...

Re: Beginning Factor is like programming assembler

Phil Dawes — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:23:54 -0000

Hi Manu,

The factor cookbook started me off, but the thing I found really good was Leo Brodie's "Thinking Forth" Book, which helped convince me that time spent learning a stack language wasn't a waste of time.

Re: Beginning Factor is like programming assembler

manu — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:10:38 -0000

How did you get about learning it ?
Is there any accessible tutorial aimebd at beginners (I have no previous experience of stack PL) ?
Thx