muforth
MiniForth
| muforth | MiniForth | |
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| 2 | 1 | |
| 127 | 87 | |
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| 9.3 | 10.0 | |
| 3 months ago | over 2 years ago | |
| Forth | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | MIT License |
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muforth
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Forth: The programming language that writes itself: The Web Page
Is Google down again? Bummer.
FORTH is still used to bring up new silicon because of its tiny core, you only need a couple of working assembly instructions to bootstrap yourself into a working system, you could do this entirely in cache or a small static RAM if you don't have a working memory controller yet.
It is also used all over the place in embedded controllers, https://arduino-forth.com/ , http://www.piclist.com/techref/microchip/language/forths.htm , https://github.com/nimblemachines/muforth , from PICs to ARMs and everything in between.
You won't see a lot of hype around it and repos tend to be old because they 'just work', typically a user of such a system would download it and customize it to the point that sharing it would be pointless, the whole idea is to extend the language to become the application.
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muforth
From the github README: "muforth is a small, simple, fast, indirect-threaded code (ITC) Forth intended for use as a cross-compiler for microcontrollers and other embedded devices. It is written in C and its core is very portable. Because of its Forth nature, it is naturally extensible, scriptable, and customizable."
MiniForth
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Forth: The programming language that writes itself: The Web Page
As soon as I met Forth, I felt I had to hack my own [miniforth](https://github.com/ttsiodras/MiniForth/) - and did so over a single week, two years ago. I targeted the Blue Pill and the original Arduino, but developed via cross-compilers so that I could test my code in the host.
I became so obsessed with the project that I was looking forward to tinkering with it after coming back from work every day; so it was hacked in 5 evenings and a weekend.
It was that fun, to build a Forth. I highly recommend the process - I think the only other time I felt so enlightened was [when I first met Lisp macros](https://www.thanassis.space/score4.html#lisp).
What are some alternatives?
sightreading.training - 🎹 Sight reading training tool
third - Third, a small Forth compiler for 8086 DOS
goforth - A fully compiled and forth-like language including a small virtual machine.
factor - Factor programming language
moonscript - :crescent_moon: A language that compiles to Lua