From 25bdd238293d9416619fc8c4c595a5ed48f4ac9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Benediktsson Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:26:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] README: minor introduction changes. --- README.md | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7312b73d40..bcc4e434b2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,10 +1,14 @@ # Factor -The Factor programming language combines [powerful language +Factor is a [concatenative](http://www.concatenative.org), stack-based +programming language with [high-level features](http://concatenative.org/wiki/view/Factor/Features/The%20language) -with a [full-featured -library](http://docs.factorcode.org/content/article-vocab-index.html). The -implementation is [fully +including dynamic types, extensible syntax, macros, and garbage collection. +On a practical side, Factor has a [full-featured +library](http://docs.factorcode.org/content/article-vocab-index.html), +supports many different platforms, and has been extensively documented. + +The implementation is [fully compiled](http://concatenative.org/wiki/view/Factor/Optimizing%20compiler) for performance, while still supporting [interactive development](http://concatenative.org/wiki/view/Factor/Interactive%20development). -- 2.34.1