Handbook
Glossary
Syntax
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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