Re:Forth – is it still relevant?
by tdeck on Sunday November 09, 2025 @11:03PM
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Let's imagine for the sake of argument that I don't need to write a compiler or interpreter. What else is FORTH well suited for?
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Re:Forth – is it still relevant?
by cmrdporcupine on Sunday November 09, 2025 @11:57PM
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It's often used in bootloader/firmware type stuff (or was) because it can be a bit higher level than assembly and not subject to the same types of vulnerabilities and crashes... but written in a few KB and even easily hand written in assembly. And often run pretty fast, depending on the architecture.