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Re:Konilo: A personal computing system in Forth by frompdx on Saturday March 02, 2024 @03:04PM (#39575339)
I have not personally used this Forth, but I would like to point out some very nice differences between existing implementations.

- Permissive license. Other Forths such as FlashForth for the Arduino are copy-left.

- Direct threaded code. Faster execution compared to traditional indirect threaded Forth.

- Out of the box support for x86 and an inexpensive ARM microcontroller.

I definitely think I'll pick up a Teensy to test this out to see how it compares to working with FlashForth on the Arduino.

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Re:Konilo: A personal computing system in Forth by MaxBarraclough on Sunday March 03, 2024 @01:59PM (#39583327)
> Direct threaded code. Faster execution compared to traditional indirect threaded Forth.

Maybe, it depends on the hardware. An old comment of mine on this topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29534435

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