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Forth is an important skill for a zombie apocalypse. You can create a simple computer, with a simple instruction set, and get a high level programming language in a short time :)

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interestingly enough, while this seems like an obviously good application for forth, i have never actually seen someone get to a working c compiler this way

This recent project has a C compiler: https://git.sr.ht/~vdupras/duskos

https://lists.sr.ht/~vdupras/duskos-discuss/%3C69cfdb97-49d6...

hey that sounds great

i will take a look

A Forth programmer who bootstraps their own Forth probably isn't that excited about having a c compiler.

maybe i don't qualify as a forth programmer then

well, that's unfair, because https://github.com/kragen/stoneknifeforth definitely doesn't qualify as a forth, it doesn't have immediate words

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