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   dxf  writes:   
   > Is it not the endless comparison between forth and other languages   
   > that invites all these 'innovations'?   
      
   I don't understand this question.  Forth is a language designed for a   
   certain milieu and that embraced a certain philosophy.  That's   
   legitimate.  Other languages were designed in different settings or   
   pursued different goals.  Also legit.   
      
   Re your other question about Factor and embedded programming, the   
   traditional thought is that GC'd languages are subject to unpredictable   
   pauses while the GC runs, and it can be hard to guarantee bounds on   
   their memory footprint.  Neither of those are friendly to realtime   
   requirements.   
      
   While these issues can sometimes be bypassed with fancy algorithms,   
   traditional embedded approaches tend to reject GC, and avoid too much   
   use of dynamic memory allocation in general.   
      
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