[HN Gopher] RetroForth 2021.1 ___________________________________________________________________ RetroForth 2021.1 Author : mindcrime Score : 64 points Date : 2021-02-17 17:06 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (forthworks.com) (TXT) w3m dump (forthworks.com) | [deleted] | dang wrote: | If curious see also | | 2019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19997008 | robertkeizer wrote: | Website currently not responding. | | https://web.archive.org/web/20210217174411/http://forthworks... | akalsz wrote: | http timeouts, but https and gopher both work for me: | | https://forthworks.com/retro | | gopher://forthworks.com/1/retro | th3h4mm3r wrote: | So forthnoworksanymore. Lol. | marttt wrote: | There's another page by crc that links to the latest snapshot, | documentation and, IMO most importantly, a directory with | retroforth examples: | | http://forth.works/ | ilaksh wrote: | Also see RainbowForth in the browser | http://rainbowforth.appspot.com/ | vanderZwan wrote: | Why would it need access to my Google account? | [deleted] | marttt wrote: | I think this is the offline version: | http://rainbowforth.sourceforge.net/ | Pet_Ant wrote: | A different Forth I enjoy to hobby code puzzles in is | [Factor](https://factorcode.org/) and is probably an easier place | for people to start. Forths are wonderful languages that everyone | should have some exposure to, they are like a cross of Lisp and | Smalltalk. You should definitely try it at least once. | zoltar wrote: | I think this tech talk on Factor offers a pretty good tour of | the language. | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_0QlhYlS8g | williesleg wrote: | Website built on Forth | fouc wrote: | I first came across retroforth back in 2001 when it was | originally being developed by tcn. Later crc picked up the | maintenance and development of it and did a stellar job with it. | | Retroforth was my favorite forth in linux because it was the most | accessible & usable & cross-platform forth that adhered closely | to the spirit of Chuck Moore's original (pre-color) forth, rather | than the ANSI standard. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-02-17 21:00 UTC)