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It's not like pure CIL or JVM bytecode when the language can be extended. The process is to make what you need and only then write the program. It's remarkable
by lebuffon 7y ago
It's not like pure CIL or JVM bytecode when the language can be extended. The process is to make what you need and only then write the program. It's remarkable how fast you can move up language levels once you grok it.
- LessDmesg 7y agoThis is hard to believe, as in this thread and everywhere, the only software used to tout Forth is low-level stuff. Even if Forth was able to be squeezed into a high-level language, it doesn't seem to have any advantage, or, in fact any differences from existing ones. What would a high-level Forth bring to the table that Java or e.g. Clojure don't have?
- jacquesm 7y agoBecause Forth isn't really an application development language as much as it is a very flexible toolbox for programmers who are toolmakers themselves. You can write full applications in it but that is not where Forth shines. If I had to bring up a new machine though that would be one of the first things I would port. (And it would take a couple of hours at most once the hardware was up and running)