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Java Factor or JFactor refers to the implementation of Factor in Java, which is now all but obsolete.
The old Factor downloads directory has some JFactor releases; the last Factor release to include JFactor was version 0.68.
JFactor was abandoned for several reasons:
The native Factor implementation was at first known as "CFactor". Early CFactor releases were only interpreted, not compiled as JFactor was, but even then they beat JFactor because the CFactor VM was specifically designed with Factor in mind. Later Factor releases added a native compiler, leaving JFactor in the dust.
Perhaps if the Factor community grows by an order of magnitude, there will be enough manpower around that some enterprising developers (no pun intended) can revive JFactor and maintain it in parallel with the primary Factor implementation. For now however, Factor will remain a native language.
This revision created on Tue, 9 Sep 2008 04:30:45 by slava