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I feel like Forth will always have a place in embedded contexts. And it's a good language to start with when learning how to write interpreters/compilers. The

• vdupras 2y ago
  The opinion that Forth doesn't climb the abstraction ladder well is popular, but I'd be tempted to qualify it as a misconception. My own attempt[1] at a Forth that climbs that ladder is, I think, a good counter example. In my opinion, its HAL compares favorably to, for example, SBCL's native code compiler. Its almost-C compiler compares favorably to, I think, Tiny CC. This misconception stems, I think, from the fact that you can very well reap the rewards of Forth in a low level environment without needing to "think in Forth". For example, by mastering immediate mechanics. Someone who hasn't invested the effort to twist their mind to Forth-think will, yes, end up having troubles climbing the abstraction ladder. This is not unlike, I think, "macro heavy" lisp, which many lispers actively avoid. But at the same time, much of lisp's power comes from it. [1]: http://duskos.org/ http://duskos.org/
  • codr7 2y ago
    It's not so much tools as convenient abstractions I feel are missing. Nice, but an OS is about as low level as they come.