Stephen Pelc  wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:17:31 GMT, Pabst Blue Ribbon
>  wrote:
>
>> I can be even more specific. On x86, 'kernel' is just 4 (four) processor
>> instructions. The rest can be treated as 'library'.
>>
>>> But then it has a lot of 'library' to make.
>
> Threaded code is all but obsolete in modern Forths. Most modern
> Forths generate optimised native code.

They doing it in an attempt to catch up with languages such as C and C++ in
terms of speed. Java, for example, have no problems with byte code (which,
in essence, just another name for threaded code.) If  I understand
correctly, it still should be possible to use code optimizations with
threaded code or even generate mixed threaded and native code
automatically.

> Stephen
>

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