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The FORTH code for Chipwits is released in the game's 40th anniversary

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210 points JoeDaDude | 2 comments | 21 Nov 24 18:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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tombert ◴[21 Nov 24 19:37 UTC] No.42207795[source]▶
Forth has been something I've wanted to learn for years now. It seems weird to me that for most stuff in old computers, you have the option of "assembly" if you want your program to be fast, and "BASIC" if you want your program to be slow, but Forth lingers along as the "medium speed" language, despite at least looking pretty high-level.
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1. whobre ◴[21 Nov 24 22:56 UTC] No.42209557[source]▶
Forth is very good for writing small software in tight memory constraints. Unfortunately it is pretty hard to read; for bigger software projects there are many better languages.
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2. themadturk ◴[21 Nov 24 23:35 UTC] No.42209793[source]▶
I once heard Forth called a "write-only language."