Re: polyglot programming, Recent history of vi

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: polyglot programming, Recent history of vi
Date	2025-12-16 15:57 +0000
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On 16/12/2025 14:39, Peter Flass wrote:
>
> 
> I was interested in Forth in the early days because it seemed like a 
> solution for systems with very limited resources. The interpreter is (I 
> believe) quite small, and your application can be built up from just the 
> words you need with no added cruft.
Yes, that is so. probably a K or so for the basic words that cabt be 
written in DForth itself

  That was the attraction of C for me
> back then, too. Unfortunately C gave up the idea of being a small 
> language and has ballooned and become less clear and readable.

C is as  compact as it ever was. But advanced hardware and graphics 
means big fat libraries.

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Re: polyglot programming, Recent history of vi Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-16 00:02 +0000
  Re: polyglot programming, Recent history of vi rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-16 01:41 +0000
    Re: polyglot programming, Recent history of vi Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-12-16 07:39 -0700
      Re: polyglot programming, Recent history of vi The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-16 15:57 +0000
      Re: polyglot programming, Recent history of vi Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-17 07:13 +0000

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