Comment

Comment by anthk

Would subleq work on this? Also, the 'ascii' output array/grid would be like a whiteboard, and a Forth on this would look like the computers from "Slouching towarsf Bedlam" text adventure.

Maybe it would need 5 minutes to show a prompt, but, if it works, it would be the greatest homage to computing (and Chuck Moore) ever.

There's Eforth for subleq, and the muxleq version feels almost like a native Forth on speed.

https://github.com/howerj/muxleq

The muxleq repo has the original subleq too. You can set the options for floating point and the do...loop (among others) in the Forth file and then you could just recompile the DEC file.

With the do...loop it's closer to the standards. And, yes, I can mimic for...next with ease with most ans forths such as pforth.

If any, I can link an already recompiled and more featured DEC file here.

BTW: You would like the book from the author too.

https://howerj.github.io/subleq.htm

parent anthk 1 year ago

Discussion

Live from the official Hacker News API

A modern reader for Hacker News · SvelteKit + Skeleton