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On 3/24/25 2:08 AM, rbowman wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 01:26:44 -0400, c186282 wrote:
> 
> 
>>     WAS looking at 'D' ... and then wondered "why ?".
>>     Still always install it in any new distro though,
>>     but then also FORTH
> 
> Ah, FORTH.  I got a job because I knew FORTH but that was decades ago and
> I repress well.

   Hey, decidedly HAD it's place and WAS quite functional y

   If weird ...

   I've got a 2nd/3rd/something cousin who was an astronomer.
   HE knows FORTH very well ... THE way to program automated
   telescope arrays and get data for a long time - maybe still.

   Very tiny interpreter for a minimalist stack-oriented
   lang. You could fit it all on 1970s boards. One step
   easier/clearer/portable than ASM.

   FORTH, as best I can tell, is NOT a 'dead language'.
   Still fills its niche. See "FlashFORTH" for PIC and
   ATMega.

   https://sourceforge.net/projects/flashforth/

   ANYway, I still habitually load it every time
   I install a new distro. Several others too.
   Note the Code:Blocks environment ... install
   the the compilers first, then install CB.
   It will mostly find/incorp the compilers
   at first startup.

   Always have GNU 'C' ... but also CLANG and
   TinyC and 'D'/DMD and ....

   If it won't work on one .....

   Doesn't suck much memory, so what the hell ?
   Be prepared.