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bootstrap.fs is a thing of beauty https://github.com/nineties/planckforth/blob/main/bootstrap.fs https://github.com/nineties/planckforth/blob/main/bootstrap...
by nickcw 5y ago
bootstrap.fs is a thing of beauty
https://github.com/nineties/planckforth/blob/main/bootstrap.fs https://github.com/nineties/planckforth/blob/main/bootstrap....
It starts off looking like line noise (the very simple interpreter defined in hex) and gradually turns into the forth we know and love.
Fantastic!
- vanderZwan 5y agoI love that the first thing added is support for comments, followed by a comment explaining that we just added comments and how it did so. "Before I can explain anything, I have to implement the ability to explain things and then explain that I just added the ability to explain things."
- qgc 5y agoIt is most certainly inspired, in style, by JonesForth [1] which is a classic moment in the "Programming Pedagogy Hall of Fame." [1] https://github.com/nornagon/jonesforth/blob/master/jonesforth.S https://github.com/nornagon/jonesforth/blob/master/jonesfort... [2] https://github.com/nornagon/jonesforth/blob/master/jonesforth.f#L236 https://github.com/nornagon/jonesforth/blob/master/jonesfort...