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transfire
4 months ago
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Common Lisp implementation of the Forth 2012 Stand...
Probably because Lisp requires a GC. With Forth you have to write your code to fit a finite memory footprint.
mepian
4 months ago
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>you have to write your code to fit a finite memory footprint
This sounds like the opposite of having the more moldable environment.
sph
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A bare metal Forth has access to your entire RAM. Perhaps that's what parent meant as "finite" memory.
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