Re: The strengths of FORTH

Mikael Nordman <oh2aun.extra@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

> Aleksej Saushev wrote:
>> Mikael Nordman <oh2aun.extra@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>
>>> Forth has one advantage over other languages. That is you can use it
as a
>>> mini operating system on a processor and incrementally develop and
test the code.
>>
>> Lisp provides way better and way more powerful operating system.
>> With powerful debugger and documentation system.
>
> I was thinking about microcontrollers with with just a few KBytes
> Flash and of RAM. How big is a LISP interpreter / compiler / OS ?
> More than 8 KBytes ?

The same or even less, if you want only core language.
You can't do much within 8K words in Forth anyway.

>>> In all other respects Unix/Windows/RTOS, coupled
>>> with your/your companys/your part providers favourite language, wins
!!
>>> I really don't get the point with putting Forth on top Windows or
Unix.
>>
>> So, Forth is a bad choice, if you use Windows or UNIX-like system.
>> May I ask you a free copy of TeX rewritten in Forth?
>
> You may ask. But why ?

Many people need it, and if you propose Forth-based OS way, you are
to provide useful applications for your system, it won't be useful
otherwise.


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