Re: docker, what could be the advantage?

On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:19:51 +0000, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:

I came upon
https://github.com/uho/docker-forth
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with a plethora of Forths.
[If you are interested in ciforth, you could have the latest
release from github..ciforth ]
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docker tells you not what it is supposed to do, it list a litany
of advantages. You can cash in ... only if you are willing to install
the docker gui and experiment with it.
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I think of an application xfig. You pass an image and xfig turns it
in a jigsaw puzzle. I can imagine that it is an advatage that it works
the same on apple or ms. I'm quite sure that you have totally different
version too.
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What can be the advantage of having that for Forths systems?
The only remarkable about ciforth was that the versions are
years behind.

Given it's installed, configured correctly, and one remembers how to use
the Docker interface, it is possible to immediately load and run a
SwiftForth, VFX, or iForth image out of the box. It does not matter
what the version of the OS is, as that is one of the layers in the
docker.
IIRC, my colleagues were constantly busy rebuilding Dockers because
the Python libraries and OS bugfixes could/were not allowed to be
ignored :-)
-marcel