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Re:Bootstrapping a Forth in 40 lines of Lua code (2008) by arethuza on Monday September 14, 2020 @04:33AM (#24468049)
In the 1980s there was a home computer, the Jupiter Ace, that used Forth rather than Basic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Ace

Edit: I never used one (or indeed ever saw one) but for some reason reading about Forth at the time gave me a lingering fascination with Forth type languages - which was useful when I worked on a project for a few years that used PostScript, C & Lisp ...

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Re:Bootstrapping a Forth in 40 lines of Lua code (2008) by ume on Monday September 14, 2020 @05:25AM (#24468277)
Forth was available for the Acorn Atom (early 80s). Sadly, didn't have the money or time to go down that route then. Had fun with its Basic though...
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Re:Bootstrapping a Forth in 40 lines of Lua code (2008) by Wildgoose on Monday September 14, 2020 @01:19PM (#24472628)
I had the Forth for the Acorn Atom. It was great, a real mind-opener. Still have it in a box upstairs!
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