I’m really happy to see that Factor 0.97 is now available. Factor is a modern, concatenative programming language, similar to FORTH or Joy, but actively maintained. It’s got great performance, solid documentation, and rich libraries and tooling, including a robust web framework that powers the Factor website itself. Along with Pharo Smalltalk, Factor is one of two languages and environments I go to when I just want to have fun for a bit, which is how I ended up making my own little contribution to the release in the form of a rewritten and more robust Redis package. If you want a really mind-bending change from your day-to-day coding, I’d strongly suggest you check it out.