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echo: rberrypi
to: PABST BLUE RIBBON
from: GARETH`S DOWNSTAIRS COMPU
date: 2018-06-28 17:23:00
subject: Re: Forth

On 28/06/2018 17:17, Pabst Blue Ribbon wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>> On 27/06/18 21:00, Peter Percival wrote:
>>> Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
>>>> On 27/06/2018 20:23, Peter Percival wrote:
>>>>> There seem to be a number of Forths that run on Raspberry Pi.  Is it
>>>>> possible to say which one of them is best?
>>>>
>>>> The one that you write for yourself?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Would that I could!
>>>
>> An actual FORTH 'kernel' is very easy to write.
>
> I can be even more specific. On x86, 'kernel' is just 4 (four) processor
> instructions. The rest can be treated as 'library'.

ISTR that on the PDP11, it was just a single instruction ...

JMP @(r0)+

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