BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20080309T020000 RDATE:20080309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081027T212229Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081030T113000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081030T103000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081027T212229Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180831T072059Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250455994 DESCRIPTION:Factor is a programming language which has been in developmen t for a little over 5 years. Factor is influenced by Forth\, Lisp\, Smal ltalk. Factor takes the best ideas from Forth — simplicity\, short\, suc cint\, code\, emphasis on interactive testing\, and meta-programming. Fa ctor also brings modern high-level language features such as garbage col lection\, object orientation and functional programming familiar to user s of languages such as Lisp\, Smalltalk and Python. Finally\, recognizin g that no programming language is an island\, Factor is portable\, ships with a full-featured standard library\, deploys stand-alone binaries\, and interoperates with C and Objective-C. \;\n \;\nIn this talk\, I will give the rationale for Factor’s creation\, present an overview of the language\, and show how Factor can be used to solve real-world prob lems with a minimum of fuss. At the same time\, I will emphasize Factor’ s extensible syntax\, meta-programming and reflection capabilities\, and show that these features\, which are unheard of in the world of mainstr eam programming languages\, make programs easier to write\, more robust\ , and fun. \;\n \;\nBiography: \;\n Slava was born in the f ormer USSR and emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 7. He moved to Ott awa\, Canada when he was 18 to study for a Bachelors and Masters degree in Mathematics. He now resides in Minneapolis\, Minnesota. An early ado pter of Java\, Slava wrote the popular jEdit text editor\, then went on to design and implement the Factor programming language. At his day job he hacks on web apps\, optimizing compilers\, garbage collectors\, and e verything in between \;\n. \;\n Galois has been holding weekly t echnical seminars for several years on topics from functional programmin g\, formal methods\, compiler and language design\, to cryptography\, an d operating system construction\, with talks by many figures from the pr ogramming language and formal methods communities. \;\n \;\nThe ta lks are open and free. If you're planning to attend\, dropping a note to is appreciated\, but not required. If you're interested in giving a t alk\, we're always looking for new speakers. \n\nTags: functional progra mming\, galois\, lecture\, factor\, experimental language\n\nImported fr om: http://calagator.org/events/1250455994 URL:http://www.galois.com/blog/2008/10/24/factor-an-extensible-interactiv e-language/ SUMMARY:Galois Tech Talk: Slava Pestov on the Factor programming language LOCATION:Galois\, Inc: 421 SW 6th Ave. Suite 300\, Portland OR 97204 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR