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Re: Trouble ahead

 

Evan

There are probably a few of us still around that once were adept at Forth.
In the days of slow CPU's it was one way to get significant speed from an
1802 (Cosmac Elf) or 6502 (Ohio Scientific).? Even today's languages
cannot beat it for speed if using very large math routines for precision celestial
guidance systems.? I even grew to like the Reverse Polish Notation. ?? 8-)

Arv
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On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 8:13 PM Evan Hand <elhandjr@...> wrote:
On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 06:22 PM, Arv Evans wrote:
Thoughts run toward implementing a Forth based core OS with
Python-like constructs.?
Arv,

You are one of the few programmers that I have run into that know Forth.? I did a port to a TI994a and a CPM computer that I had built.? Also did a port to a TRS80 Model I before either of the other two.?Of course, I also used it on my work computer that was MSdos based at that time to develop a batch programming simulation.? ?For personal use, I wrote a parallel printer driver on the TRS80.? Stopped using it around the same time that C and Pascal compilers were more affordable for the PC environment.

Good to know that there are others crazy enough to port the code to new hardware.

73
Evan
AC9TU

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