Syntax
Factor handbook ยป The language

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Factor has two main forms of syntax: definition syntax and literal syntax. Code is data, so the syntax for code is a special case of object literal syntax. This section documents literal syntax. Definition syntax is covered in Words. Extending the parser is the main topic of The parser.
Parser algorithm
Parse-time word lookup
Top level forms
Literals
Parse time evaluation