Factor 0.101 now available
2 days ago
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- #Factor
- Factor 0.101 has been released with nearly 700 commits from multiple contributors.
- Key changes include UI rendering improvements, HiDPI scaling fixes, Unicode 17.0.0 update, and Neovim plugin support.
- Backward compatibility issues noted, including argument order changes and vocabulary renames.
- Factor is described as a concatenative, stack-based programming language with high-level features and extensive library support.
- New libraries introduced, such as Base92 encoding, Bitcask database, BlueSky protocol support, and more.
- Several libraries have been improved, including performance enhancements and new functionalities.
- VM improvements include fixes for the ARM64 backend.