Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: dxf Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: "A Forth OS In 46 Bytes" Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 11:15:40 +1000 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <875xhmdyhp.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 01:15:45 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2214598"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="XPw7UV90Iy7EOhY4YuUXhpdoEf5Vz7K+BsxA/Cx8bVc"; User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <875xhmdyhp.fsf@gmail.com> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:133533 On 27/05/2025 10:33 pm, Alexis wrote: > > Thought this community might be interested in this: > > "[Philippe] doesn’t take a strong stance on whether this should > technically qualify as a Forth implementation, given that the base > implementation lacks stacks, dictionaries, and the ability to define > words. However, it does have an outer and inner interpreter, the ability > to compile and execute code, and most importantly, 'the simplicity and > hacky feeling of Forth.'" > > -- https://hackaday.com/2025/05/27/a-forth-os-in-46-bytes/ Interesting in that Forth still has a name and reputation with which folks want to be associated. Whether the reputation is deserved is another matter. A reason Moore gives for leaving Forth Inc was 'Forth started simple, gradually accreting layers of complexity and that became the culture'. If there's a gene for simplicity it hasn't passed down the generations. We admire the Diogenes of the world. Endlessly listen to their admonishments. But God forbid actually living that.