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Forth is an important skill for a zombie apocalypse. You can create a simple computer, with a simple instruction set, and get a high level programming language

by haolez 4y ago

Forth is an important skill for a zombie apocalypse. You can create a simple computer, with a simple instruction set, and get a high level programming language in a short time :)

kragen 4y ago
interestingly enough, while this seems like an obviously good application for forth, i have never actually seen someone get to a working c compiler this way
- akkartik 4y ago
  This recent project has a C compiler: https://git.sr.ht/~vdupras/duskos https://git.sr.ht/~vdupras/duskos https://lists.sr.ht/~vdupras/duskos-discuss/%3C69cfdb97-49d6-dccd-c7bb-df3b40eab7e6%40gmx.de%3E#%3C0a60f31f-2e2c-4431-909b-7fe0d63f5f81@app.fastmail.com%3E https://lists.sr.ht/~vdupras/duskos-discuss/%3C69cfdb97-49d6...
  - kragen 4y ago
    hey that sounds great i will take a look
- diffxx 4y ago
  A Forth programmer who bootstraps their own Forth probably isn't that excited about having a c compiler.
  - kragen 4y ago
    maybe i don't qualify as a forth programmer then well, that's unfair, because https://github.com/kragen/stoneknifeforth https://github.com/kragen/stoneknifeforth definitely doesn't qualify as a forth, it doesn't have immediate words