Small executables was Re: Test message

I too would like small executables.

Most of my programming is for tools which do not require the windows
GUI. I wish there were a 32 bit TCOM!

Bill Cook
Kent WA USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Dickow" <dickow_at_uidaho.edu>
To: <sftalk_at_forth.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 3:01 AM
Subject: [sftalk] Re: Test message

> Suggestions... well, I remember I think Rick said this might not be
feasible
> for SwiftForth, but I would really like to see a 'clone' word, and I
did
> bring this up a couple of years ago. Let me explain:
>
> clone would engage a system that would compile only words that are
needed by
> the finished application, strip all the name fields, strip all
unneeded code
> and crunch it and optimize it to make very small executables, saving
the
> image on disk, and leaving the full system in memory when it was
done, so
> you could do it all again if you wanted to.
>
> I have an old Amiga direct threaded Forth called JForth (maybe you
know it)
> by Phil Burk and a few other folks that did just this. I never
looked at the
> internals of the clone code much, but there was very little problem
with it
> making code that would 'clone,' as we used to say. JForth also used
to
> optionally keep its dictionaries outside the main memory, in
external
> tables. It had quite a few very cool aspects, but it died along with
the
> Amiga before it could become fully ANS compliant. It's stuck in
83.It is
> also freely available now somewhere on the web.
>
> It would make small apps, about 8k for a Hello World program. Try
that in
> SwiftForth and see what you get.
>
> Bob Dickow
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather_at_forth.com>
>
> > FYI we are working on an update to SwiftForth, so please send in
whatever
> > lists you may have of improvements we should consider!
> >
>
>
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