Gareth's Downstairs Computer
 wrote:
>
> With oodles (Soon to be tera-oodles?) of RAM available
> on the RPi3, and in future releases likely to be even more,
> is there any point to continuing to cater for bytes, halfwords
> and words, when everything, including CHAR, can be a 64 bit
> quantity?

If I remember correctly, CHAR is specifically restricted to 8 bit in Forth
language specification, to keep compatibility with other  Forths. CELL is
64 bit on 64 bit machines, 32 bit on 32 bit machines, etc.

> An enjoyable hacker's language such as FORTH becomes less complex
> by such provision, and a stand-alone SIXTYFORTH a means to
> break the stranglehold of the bloated Unices.
>
> Although I condemn FORTH as being unsuitable for professional
> designs, especially where its adaptation resulted from those
> with limited software awareness, it remains an exciting tool with
> which to dabble.
>

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