"rickman" <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes Re: so forth is useless except for limited mem environments? On Mar 5, 3:17 am, Elizabeth D Rather <erather...@forth.com> wrote: [..] How hard can it be to modify the Fizz Buzz code, or any Forth definition of a few lines, compared with C programs pages long (...

...based while the other is primarily Forth based. Help me out here: ...originally about whether forth is useless xepect for limited mem environments, and if...code tends to be larger than Forth source, which he supported not by...an observation that is indicative of Forth and C being competing alternatives for... comparison between applications generated with Forth and applications generated with C ...

...So now where is the excuse ? On Mar 4, 12:09 am, Elizabeth D Rather <erather...@forth.com> wrote: gavino wrote: If want web ebtter do php? and use db? "Useless" is a vast exaggeration. Forth has been optimized for limited memory environments. It is being used successfully in many other areas, including web apps, but there are...

... there will never be a demand for that limited version . ---------------------------------------- On Mar 4, 12:09 am, Elizabeth D Rather <erather...@forth.com> wrote: gavino wrote: If want web ebtter do php? and use db? "Useless" is a vast exaggeration. Forth has been optimized for limited memory environments. It is being ...

... If want web ebtter do php? and use db? "Useless" is a vast exaggeration. Forth has been optimized for limited memory environments. It is being used successfully in many... Elizabeth D. Rather (US & Canada) 800-55-FORTH FORTH Inc. +1 310-491-3356 5155 W...-9454 Hawthorne, CA 90250 http://www.forth.com "Forth-based products and Services for real-time...

...is it any surprise that compiled Forth is smaller than compiled C?... from factoring just like Forth programmers, except that the language isn'... easier maintenance would be if Forth stack diagrams were required to ... a sort of affectation in Forth. It's certainly possible for ... could be easily translated into Forth. Kind of like they wrote ... expect C code written by Forth, Inc customers to be good....

...@news.supernews.com>, Elizabeth D Rather <eratherXXX@forth.com> wrote: Andrew Haley wrote: Bruce ... I presume you mean the Chuck Moore/Forth Inc design) always had separate stacks for ...>Elizabeth D. Rather (US & Canada) 800-55-FORTH FORTH Inc. +1 310-491-3356 5155... Hawthorne, CA 90250 http://www.forth.com "Forth-based products and Services for real-...

... ) \ AvdH A2jul5 WANT TASK-SIZE \ Fails unless kernel prepared for threads HEX 40 CELLS CONSTANT US \ Clone the stack frame to ``TASK-SIZE'' lower in memory. \ This area extends up to ``R0 @ US + '' . \ The Forth is left running in the new area. : CVA DSP@ DUP TASK-SIZE - U0 @ DSP@ - US + MOVE DSP@ TASK-SIZE - DSP! RSP@ TASK-SIZE - RSP! 4 -1 DO TASK-SIZE ...

...by which I presume you mean the Chuck Moore/Forth Inc design) always had separate stacks for each task....-- ================================================== Elizabeth D. Rather (US & Canada) 800-55-FORTH FORTH Inc. +1 310-491-3356 5155 W. ...310-978-9454 Hawthorne, CA 90250 http://www.forth.com "Forth-based products and Services for real-time applications ...

"Elizabeth D Rather" <eratherXXX@forth.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:12vg32qhkqranbb@news.supernews.com... Just to clarify: the "traditional" round-robin multi-tasker (by which I presume you mean the Chuck Moore/Forth Inc design) always had separate stacks for each task. Exactly. The overhead of task switching is absolutely minimal: ...