Factor 0.100 Now Available
Factor 0.100 has been released with over 1400 commits, featuring Unicode 15.1, ARM64 support, automatic theme detection, new libraries, and enhancements, dedicated to contributor Raghu Ranganathan's memory.
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Factor 0.100 has been released, featuring over 1400 commits from various contributors. This version includes significant updates such as an upgrade to Unicode 15.1, improved printing of floating-point numbers, and early support for ARM64 in the non-optimizing compiler. It also introduces automatic light/dark theme detection on Windows and support for compressed images. Notable changes include some backward compatibility issues, new libraries for Base45 encoding, command-line parsing, and various UI enhancements. The release also honors Raghu Ranganathan, a valued contributor who recently passed away. Factor is a concatenative, stack-based programming language known for its high-level features, extensive libraries, and portability across platforms. The full source code is available under a BSD license, and the implementation supports both compiled performance and interactive development.
- Factor 0.100 includes over 1400 commits and various new features.
- The release introduces support for ARM64 and automatic theme detection on Windows.
- New libraries and improvements enhance functionality, including command-line parsing and image handling.
- The release is dedicated to the memory of contributor Raghu Ranganathan.
- Factor is a versatile programming language with extensive documentation and cross-platform capabilities.
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Interesting!
The problem is that the announcement page goes to [1] where it should go to [2] (a simple issue using os=macosx instead of os=macos)
brew install --cask factor also works
[1] https://builds.factorcode.org/release?os=macosx&cpu=x86.64
[2] https://builds.factorcode.org/release?os=macos&cpu=x86.64
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