Why, in my day we had to go uphill both ways in the snow to school.

[Leo J Mauler]

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:16:33 -0600 DCT Jared <jsmith at datacaptech.com>
writes:
> On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 07:10:22 -0600, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
> 
> > I really want to build a tiny (probably about 10k) 
> > FORTH system for linux that has no reliance on 
> > libc (making kernel calls directly, instead) and use 
> > it to replace a lot of the shell-scripting and busybox 
> > tools typically used in small linux systems (like the 
> > LEAF firewalls I play with).  Should be a lot of fun.
> 
> Why Forth? Does FORTH produce tighter executables?

FORTH is an interpreted language, but it makes sense for scripting
solutions such as replacing a shell script.

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