From: minforth@gmx.net   
      
   Am 12.12.2025 um 11:43 schrieb Anthk NM:   
   > On 2025-05-28, dxf  wrote:   
   >> On 27/05/2025 10:33 pm, Alexis wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Thought this community might be interested in this:   
   >>>   
   >>> "[Philippe] doesn’t take a strong stance on whether this should   
   >>> technically qualify as a Forth implementation, given that the base   
   >>> implementation lacks stacks, dictionaries, and the ability to define   
   >>> words. However, it does have an outer and inner interpreter, the ability   
   >>> to compile and execute code, and most importantly, 'the simplicity and   
   >>> hacky feeling of Forth.'"   
   >>>   
   >>> -- https://hackaday.com/2025/05/27/a-forth-os-in-46-bytes/   
   >>   
   >> Interesting in that Forth still has a name and reputation with which folks   
   >> want to be associated.   
   >>   
   >> Whether the reputation is deserved is another matter.  A reason Moore gives   
   >> for leaving Forth Inc was 'Forth started simple, gradually accreting layers   
   >> of complexity and that became the culture'.  If there's a gene for   
   simplicity   
   >> it hasn't passed down the generations.  We admire the Diogenes of the world.   
   >> Endlessly listen to their admonishments.  But God forbid actually living   
   that.   
   >>   
   >   
   > This is barely a memory poker and assembler; kinda like the Monitor from the   
   Apple I or   
   > the Kim-Uno.   
      
   Better google for:  SectorForth = a minimal Forth system that fits into   
   a drive's boot sector.   
      
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