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The Forth community takes this one step further: it's more common to see someone discussing their implementation of the Forth language, than to see someone disc
by MaxBarraclough 6y ago
The Forth community takes this one step further: it's more common to see someone discussing their implementation of the Forth language, than to see someone discussing what they developed in Forth.
- progre 6y agoI'd bet that most new Forth implementations are done for CPU:s that already have vastly more powerful languages available. So if someone want to get stuff done they would probably rather use a more productive language for that. But if they want to tinker around I'd imagine a Forth implementation would be a pretty fun learning experience. I'm myself implementing a Lisp (MAL) just because it's fun. I'm not really planning on using the implementation for anything though.
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoCompetent Forth developers consistently seem to consider Forth a far more productive language than C. Not something I can comment on personally though, I know C far better than I know Forth.
- progre 6y agoSo they say. But every architecture known to man already has a Forth implementation. So why bother make another when you can get busy doing useful stuff? I would say it's just for the fun of programming a Forth.
- fctorial 6y agoCommon lisp too