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		threepipeproblm on Oct 15, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 4os – An operating system written completely in Fo... I read that recently, and then found out about "function level" languages, which are sort of the modern extension of stack-based languages. Function level != functional. Check out Factor, for a prominent example.. the combinator library is beautiful.

smaddox on Oct 18, 2016 | [–]

I'm really impressed with Factor. This is the first time I've heard about it. Thank you for mentioning it.

agumonkey on Oct 15, 2016 | [–]

I thought function level were limited to backus languages, and that factor was part of stack based, at best concatenative.

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