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From: Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Upcoming beta release of "8th"
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 12:46:24 +0200
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Thanks.

Yes, it's target is modern desktop OSes as well as Android and iOS
devices, but not constrained embedded systems.

On 11/28/2013 12:10 PM, Mark Wills wrote:
> That actually sounds very nice indeed. I can see that would be great for desktop systems (which it appears to be aimed at) - it fills in a lot of the stuff that is missing in standard Forth. It might be a bit OTT for constrained embedded, but you don't appear to be aiming at that, so fair enough.
> 
> It feels like a "modern" Forth.
>