2022-01-12 11:39:21 <dave0       > i rewrote sectorFORTH
2022-01-12 11:41:19 <dave0       > it's hard to build and needs more comments
2022-01-12 11:41:40 <dave0       > but it comes in at 460 bytes :-)
2022-01-12 11:58:45 <lagash      > dave0: cool! you don't happen to have it up somewhere?
2022-01-12 12:05:42 <dave0       > hang on
2022-01-12 12:05:51 <dave0       > i'll put together a zip file
2022-01-12 12:10:07 <dave0       > lagash: https://paste.c-net.org/JanineFingers
2022-01-12 12:14:43 <joe9        > dave0, that is cool. Thanks.
2022-01-12 12:15:26 <dave0       > there's no docs and few comments, i gotta do that
2022-01-12 12:17:15 <joe9        > are you hosting it somewhere? to keep track of the progress..
2022-01-12 12:17:34 <dave0       > nup
2022-01-12 12:20:25 <joe9        > is there a reason why you are doing this?
2022-01-12 12:21:03 <joe9        > what do you use sectorForth for?
2022-01-12 12:21:26 <remexre     > i bet x86 ICSes still boot the old way (ie not EFI), if a practical reason is needed /shrug
2022-01-12 12:22:35 <dave0       > i thought it was an interesting project and i had some ideas i wanted to try
2022-01-12 12:22:51 <dave0       > like instead of a linked list for the dictionary, it was a stack
2022-01-12 12:23:30 <dave0       > which works btw :-)
2022-01-12 12:23:31 <joe9        > is it direct threaded?
2022-01-12 12:24:15 <dave0       > yes. do you know sectorforth on github? https://github.com/cesarblum/sectorforth/
2022-01-12 12:25:41 <joe9        > yes, reading it.
2022-01-12 12:27:08 <dave0       > i changed `+` to `-` ... i renamed `latest` to `last` ... and i left out `tib` because it's just zero
2022-01-12 12:28:09 <dave0       > it came about because the other day we tried to code golf the original sectorforth by cesarblum
2022-01-12 12:28:36 <dave0       > sectorLISP had the hide to say it was smaller than sectorFORTH :-p
2022-01-12 12:29:37 <dave0       > i've only tested it in dosbox
2022-01-12 12:29:42 <joe9        > any opinions on this book? Jack Woehr's "Forth: The New Model"
2022-01-12 12:29:50 <joe9        > does anyone have a soft copy of it.
2022-01-12 12:30:09 <dave0       > okay i must sleep..nite all
2022-01-12 12:52:30 <neuro_sys_  > I wonder if it's possible to define a defining word, where the part after does> is immediate.
2022-01-12 13:11:29 <veltas      > Very nice dave0
2022-01-12 13:12:42 <crc         > dave0: entering numbers doesn't work for me with the included floppy image
2022-01-12 13:17:32 <veltas      > I don't think numbers worked on the original sectorforth either?
2022-01-12 13:17:48 <veltas      > I think the idea was that it took up too much space, and so number input has to be implemented yourself
2022-01-12 13:18:04 <crc         > hmm
2022-01-12 13:18:08 <veltas      > If you need numbers you can use 1 and build it up
2022-01-12 13:22:19 <crc         > looking at the readme, you are correct