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On 10/8/2016 9:57 AM, rickman wrote:
> On 10/7/2016 8:45 AM, Jean-Michel Thoorens wrote:
>> Le vendredi 7 octobre 2016 13:59:41 UTC+2, JUERGEN a écrit :
>>> On Friday, October 7, 2016 at 12:44:26 PM UTC+1, Jean-Michel Thoorens
>>> wrote:
>>>> Le vendredi 2 septembre 2016 18:45:35 UTC+2, Jean-Michel Thoorens a
>>>> écrit :
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am pleased to inform you of a new embedded FORTH: "FAST FORTH."
>>>>>
>>>>> My goal was to quickly develop code for a small microcontroller.
>>>>> And as when one program is eager to see the result on the target,
>>>>> it is best to reduce interfaces and to ensure that those that are
>>>>> essential to be fast.
>>>>>
>>>>> After much trial and error, I have come to this: a text editor
>>>>> (Scite), a serial communication software (TeraTerm), a USB to UART
>>>>> bridge (PL2303TA cable, $ 2) and finally the target, a MSP430FR5738
>>>>> whose FRAM lets not waste time compiling... and, unfortunately ?
>>>>> Windows 10.
>>>>>
>>>>> Written in assembler, FAST FORTH is small: < 6kb ... with its own
>>>>> embedded assembler.
>>>>>
>>>>> And fast. The serial link uses the XON / XOFF protocol which
>>>>> overcomes the famous 50 ms delay between each line : with a MSP430
>>>>> clocked at 8 MHz (and TeraTerm), reliable communication can be done
>>>>> up to 1,843,200 bds.
>>>>>
>>>>> Interest is the end result. With my own version of FAST FORTH (16
>>>>> threads) on a MSP430FR5738 @ 24 MHz & 6Mbds, coretest.4th is
>>>>> loaded, compiled and executed, all in 1/3 second (real baud rate =
>>>>> 1Mbds).
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope it will appeal to hackers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> J.M. Thoorens
>>>>>
>>>>> https://gitlab.com/Jean-Michel/FastForthForMSP430fr5xxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> and now, as I retire from FORTH guru, I publish the full version of
>>>> FAST FORTH for MSP430 FRAM devices, with dictionaries stranded,
>>>> which divides up 4 the interpretation time.
>>>>
>>>> I dedicate it to my wife and patience.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck to FORTH.
>>>>
>>>> J.M. THOORENS
>>>
>>> Had a quick look on github - very well documented.
>>> You say you retire - or do you mean step back. Will you continue to
>>> maintain it?
>>
>> maintain, this means continue through against answering questions is
>> to transmit.
>
> Something tells me the translation is being done by computer rather than
> just English as a second language???
>

Computers are evil, aside from that if you didn't learn English as a 
second language in school there isn't a whole lot of choices.

-- 
Cecil - k5nwa

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new embedded forth Jean-Michel Thoorens <jeanmichel.thoorens@gmail.com> - 2016-09-02 09:45 -0700
  Re: new embedded forth Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-09-02 13:01 -0500
    Re: new embedded forth Jean-Michel Thoorens <jeanmichel.thoorens@gmail.com> - 2016-09-02 11:08 -0700
      Re: new embedded forth Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-09-02 13:48 -0500
  Re: new embedded forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-11 23:45 -0700
    Re: new embedded forth Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-09-12 09:51 -0500
      Re: new embedded forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-12 13:15 -0700
        Re: new embedded forth albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-09-12 22:46 +0200
          Re: new embedded forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-12 14:30 -0700
        Re: new embedded forth Jean-Michel Thoorens <jeanmichel.thoorens@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 01:11 -0700
          Re: new embedded forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-13 01:32 -0700
            Re: new embedded forth albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-09-13 11:13 +0200
              Re: new embedded forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-13 10:25 -0700
                Re: new embedded forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 13:55 -0400
            Re: new embedded forth Jean-Michel Thoorens <jeanmichel.thoorens@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 02:37 -0700
    Re: new embedded forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-09-12 21:39 -0400
      Re: new embedded forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-12 18:57 -0700
        Re: new embedded forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-09-12 22:13 -0400
          Re: new embedded forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-12 19:26 -0700
            Re: new embedded forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 13:46 -0400
              Re: new embedded forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-13 15:59 -0700
                Re: new embedded forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 19:06 -0400
                Re: new embedded forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-30 17:37 -0700
                Re: new embedded forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 10:41 -0400
                Re: new embedded forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-03 13:21 -0700
                Re: new embedded forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-30 17:50 -0700
              Re: new embedded forth Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2016-09-14 07:45 +0200
                Re: new embedded forth Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2016-09-30 15:32 +0200
      Re: new embedded forth albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-09-13 11:14 +0200
  Re: new embedded forth Jean-Michel Thoorens <jeanmichel.thoorens@gmail.com> - 2016-10-07 04:44 -0700
    Re: new embedded forth JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2016-10-07 04:59 -0700
      Re: new embedded forth Jean-Michel Thoorens <jeanmichel.thoorens@gmail.com> - 2016-10-07 05:45 -0700
        Re: new embedded forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 10:57 -0400
          Re: new embedded forth Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-10-08 10:06 -0500
          Re: new embedded forth JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2016-10-08 08:16 -0700
    Re: new embedded forth Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-10-07 12:25 -0500

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