Re: The joy of FORTH (not)

On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:55:43 -0700, John Ames wrote:

On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 08:41:38 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
 

Why would anyone want to use it, though?

 
For starters, it's about the simplest way to get a minimal interactive
system going on a homebrew/hobbyist computer project which still offers
full access to the bare metal ...

But for an RP2040, you can already cross-compile C code from a Linux-based
host, like a Raspberry Pi. That will give you “full access to the bare
metal”, without the overheads of threaded code.