Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Paul E Bennett Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Don't be a bit-twiddling monkey Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:14:48 +0000 Organization: Hidecs Consultancy Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <54c68667$0$6861$e4fe514c@dreader36.news.xs4all.nl> <2NGdnRAjzt6gLFvJnZ2dnUU7-Y0AAAAA@supernews.com> <85a913p07w.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: individual.net sk2yxhZuJJNyiKa9OFfDZwB2kCniOoGhjTqTzQT/Rnp2w/qJm1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:XCP+tkajYz/XioCckS8LeXykaqs= User-Agent: KNode/4.11.4 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:36096 Lars Brinkhoff wrote: > empty-buffers wrote: >> I wasn't asking just about R> - but about entire "words tree" - and >> whole "Forth system/kernel" - how this can be built from ground up. > > My toy "lbForth" is based on 16 primitives, in less than 200 lines of > CODE words. The 360-line kernel is defined in terms of those > primitives, and only contains a bare minimum needed to load and > compile the rest of the system. If you care to send me a list of the words you include in the very basic system then I will add them to my cross-reference list that compares for a variety of small Forths's. Happy to send a copy of the comparison table back in either Libre-Office, Word or as a pdf. A note about how far you have gone in complianc with the standard would also be useful. -- ******************************************************************** Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET..... Forth based HIDECS Consultancy............. Mob: +44 (0)7811-639972 Tel: +44 (0)1235-510979 Going Forth Safely ..... EBA. www.electric-boat-association.org.uk.. ********************************************************************