From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 13/12/2025 7:28 pm, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:   
   > In article <10hiivm$3ib13$1@dont-email.me>,   
   > Krishna Myneni   wrote:   
   >> kForth-64 is particularly useful for beginners. It is also quite easy to   
   >> build from source under Debian and requires minimal extra packages.   
   >   
   > The FIG-forth idea was to build only using the assembler provided   
   > by the micro manufacturer.  That still exists for ciforth,   
   > assuming you have a the c-compiler installed under Linux.   
   >   
   > Unpacking:   
   > tar ciforth...tgz   
   > cd ciforth-...   
   > Build:   
   > as ci86.lina64.s   
   > ld -s -N a.out lina   
   >   
   >> Under Debian the following packages are required:   
   >>   
   >>   binutils   
   >>   gcc   
   >>   g++   
   >>   make   
   >>   libreadline8t64   
   >>   libreadline-dev   
   >   
   > Under the FIGForth doctrine no installation of other package   
   > is required.   
   > Each package is another risk that it fails.   
   > My Debian doesn't know about libreadline8t64.   
      
   When Linus Torvalds describes the lack of ready-to-run binaries as a PITFA,   
   you know something is wrong :)   
      
   https://youtu.be/Pzl1B7nB9Kc   
      
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