5 comments

  • watersb 57 minutes ago

    Forth invented as a monitor and control system for one of the radio telescopes at NRAO in West Virginia...

    So I have a tribal affinity for Color Forth, by original creator of Forth.

    • alexisread 5 hours ago

      Very impressive demos! I did a quick look through the docs- it’s single threaded (in the cpu sense) and not multi process yes?

      • phreda4 5 hours ago

        not for now, just launch many instances!

      • thristian 5 hours ago

        In the first code example in the readme ("First program"), there's `sdlcls`, `SDLinit`, and `SDLShow`. Is there some significance to the capitalisation?

        • phreda4 5 hours ago

          r3forth is case insensitive

          • thristian 2 hours ago

            Ah, it might be nice to mention that before the first code example, then. Or just use consistent case in the first example, to avoid distracting people with details that aren't the thing you're trying to demonstrate.

        • ripe 5 hours ago

          Very nice graphics using SDL2!

          So many features-- sprite sheets, etc. Well done!

          • 13415 6 hours ago

            Very interesting, great work! This reminded me of something. I just checked and to my amazement Mike Hore's Powermops is still around and even has an ARM version.[1]

            [1] https://www.powermops.org

            • jhbadger 3 hours ago

              Yes, that's neat -- it is basically a modern Neon, which was an object-oriented Forth for the Mac in the 1980s.