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I've only dabbled in forth so I'm not the right one to answer - but I just want to mention there are other stack based or concatenative languages like Factor an

I've only dabbled in forth so I'm not the right one to answer - but I just want to mention there are other stack based or concatenative languages like Factor and Joy that have had a lot of work put into them. From what I recall they feel like they were created and maintained by somewhat eccentric people... they may have put more thought into the problems you mention

ahefner 4y ago
In Factor the stack effects are static and annotated.
crabbone 4y ago
That's interesting. I'd have to try to find out more about these. Thanks!
int_19h 4y ago
They are also generally not as low-level as Forth, and thus don't have the same "easy to port to a completely new arch from scratch" thing going for them.