David McClain wrote:
> ...
>
> But there are certain problem domains where Forth is most applicable, =
> and others where it is not. The height of compiler technology has been =
> achieved in languages like OCaml and Haskell. For moderately complex =
> languages you could certainly slog your way through and come up with a =
> passable system all written in Forth, but the time it would take would =
> be orders of magnitude longer, except in very narrow niches -- such as =
> when writing an Assembler for a foreign machine where you want to =
> Meta-Compile Forth for it. I have never seen shorter Assemblers than =
> those developed in Forth.
>
I would love an opportunity to test that assertion on a challenge rather
more complex than a "mere assembler".

Cheers,
Elizabeth

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