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rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes:
> I find it hard to picture a situation where you would be better off
> writing your own forth rather than modifying/extending one of the many
> excellent forths out there.

That is not always possible or practical, if the features you want
aren't in any existing Forth and have to be baked in from the beginning,
rather than added on.