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Re:Easy Forth by s-macke on Monday September 22, 2025 @10:20AM (#45333852)
Yes, my comment came across a bit harsh, and it’s fine to pick up a few negative karma points. But I keep seeing Forth posts every two weeks where everyone has just built yet another interpreter.

Actually I did a few projects with Forth and I find it very cool:

[0] https://github.com/s-macke/Forthly

[1] https://github.com/s-macke/starflight-reverse

[2] https://s-macke.github.io/concepts-of-programming-languages/...

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Re:Easy Forth by hobs on Monday September 22, 2025 @10:40AM (#45334121)
I like that way of thinking about it - now I want my negative karma points separated into their own bucket even if the final summary is presented out, I think its an interesting signal.
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Re:Easy Forth by bell-cot on Monday September 22, 2025 @11:58AM (#45335282)
Dang & Co. doubtless see such things - but I'd bet it'll never be shown to regular users. Too little utility, vs. too tempting for a small minority to game in unhealthy ways.
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Re:Easy Forth by kragen on Monday September 22, 2025 @03:34PM (#45338384)
Heh, I see you linked StoneKnifeForth there!
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