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Well modern processors are optimized for running C code. Try running C code on a Forth processor and see how slow it is compared to Forth.
by timbit42 3y ago
Well modern processors are optimized for running C code. Try running C code on a Forth processor and see how slow it is compared to Forth.
- CyberDildonics 3y agoForth on a modern CPU is still going to be much faster than C on a Forth processor. It isn't even true that modern processors are "optimized for C code", they have stack instructions that are very fast and directly apply to forth.