Forth-41

[Ángel Martin]

(12-04-2020 10:03 PM)hth Wrote:  If you want to run Forth, would it not be better to make a native Forth for the DM4* devices? Forth is among the simplest languages to implement.

I mean, running a Forth on top of the Nut CPU in a system that was not really designed for it, and have it emulated by an ARM. It feels like a lot of pain when you can just do it natively.

Or for that matter, implement a native Forth on the device to co-exists with the Nut emulation layer. That is something I thought about, but given the small interest in the platform and lack of time on my side, it is not likely to happen in this life.

All that is very true and sensible , yet there's something really enjoyable aabout using FORTH-41+ the way it is on the HP41. Besides, most of those objections could also be made about other advanced areas on the 41 platform (tiny keyboard, pitiful command line editor, slow CPU, etc. ) although on the CL/V41/41X speed is not an issue at all of course.