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What do you make of the two other statically typed Forth-like languages, StrongForth and Kitten? Did you use them as a reference for the project? Links: * (St
by MaxBarraclough 6y ago
What do you make of the two other statically typed Forth-like languages, StrongForth and Kitten? Did you use them as a reference for the project?
Links:
* (StrongForth) http://www.arestlessmind.org/2009/02/03/intro.html http://www.arestlessmind.org/2009/02/03/intro.html
* (Kitten) https://kittenlang.org/ https://kittenlang.org/
- cheschire 6y agoReplies like this always make me cringe in self doubt. There are so many projects I started because I was interested in the problem set, got to a point where I was proud of the result, only to change my search terms just a little and find an established project by someone else. And sometimes I read replies like this and I think it feels like someone just saying "repost: " and linking fifteen other HN threads.
- cultus 6y agoIf it's a problem domain that needs more exploration, there's nothing wrong with forging ahead. If nobody ever did that we'd still be using COBOL.
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoWasn't my intent to dismiss it as anything like a repost, the WebAssembly target is all new, Kitten and StrongForth don't offer that.
- vmchale 6y agoAlso Mirth (which is not established but looks fun).
- Skinney 6y agoDidn't know about StrongForth. As for Kitten, I didn't like the syntax. To me the interesting thing about Forth-like languages is the postfix/rpn syntax, which Kitten moves to far away from. I really liked how `if` in Factor was just a postfix word like any other, where the then- and else-clause was just quotation arguments. I'm sure Kitten is a fine language, it just wasn't what I was looking for.