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		mikekchar on March 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's not what programming languages do, it's what ... > what other languages [...] give you the freedom to change the language and/or create DSL's [...] FORTH. It's a very similar language from that respect. One of the first things you learn how to do as a FORTH developer is to rewrite the interpreter/compiler words.

mickduprez on March 27, 2020 [–]

I really like Forth and if I ever get into IoT that's what I would use over C any day. Forth works best from a clean slate though I think (from my admittedly limited experience), working in with a host OS takes a bit of fun away I found.

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