2026-07-30 00:55:40 <xentrac     > I think there's a little bit of a fuzzy line between higher-order programming with execute or defer and metaprogramming.  You can directly transpile execute and defer to a static language like C though
2026-07-30 00:56:24 <xentrac     > there's a non-metaprogramming thing you can't, though, which is returning variable-length arrays on the stack
2026-07-30 00:57:09 <xentrac     > I do think immediate is a pretty good index of metaprogramming
2026-07-30 00:57:21 <xentrac     > 18:50 < veltas> I'd say most Forth programmers are using a relatively standard dialect, actually
2026-07-30 00:57:28 <xentrac     > yes but definitely not crc
2026-07-30 09:37:55 <veltas      > lol https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49102408
2026-07-30 09:47:59 <xentrac     > ouch