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Factor

programming language
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Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
programming language
Inception
2003[19]
Official website
factorcode.org[20]
More facts +11
Copyright license
BSD licenses[7]
Copyright status
copyrighted[27]
Designed by
Slava Pestov[9]
Developer
Slava Pestov[6]
Influenced by
Joy, Forth, Lisp, Self[2][3][4][5]
Programmed in
Factor[8]
Programming paradigm
multi-paradigm programming, functional programming, concatenative programming, stack-oriented programming[23][24][25][26]
Readable file format
Factor source code file[21]
Software version identifier
0.1 (0.1–0.99, n=9)[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Typing discipline
strong typing, dynamic typing[28][29]
Writable file format
Factor source code file[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Factor ar فاكتور es Lenguaje Factor fa زبان برنامه نویسی فکتور fa فکتور ko 팩터 ru Factor ru Factor (язык программирования) ru Фактор (язык программирования) zh Factor语言 zh-hant Factor語言
🔖 Identifiers · 8
OpenAlex ID
C2781039887
AUR package
factor, factor-git
Chocolatey Community package ID
factor
Freebase ID
/m/03m7hp
MacPorts port
factor
Open Hub ID
factor
Repology project name
factor
Source code repository URL
github.com

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🔗 Connections
Influenced by 4
Lisp, Forth, Self, Joy
Programming paradigm 2
functional programming, stack-oriented programming
Typing discipline 2
strong typing, dynamic typing
Copyright license 1
BSD licenses
Designed by 1
Slava Pestov
Developer 1
Slava Pestov
Instance of 1
programming language
Programmed in 1
Factor
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Factor
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Summary

Factor is a programming language[1].

Related Entities

Factor Forth Joy Lisp programming language Self Slava Pestov

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  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . openhub.net. openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase ID → /m/03m7hp
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    Open hub id → —
    Chocolatey Community package ID → factor
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