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    From Chickenhead@VERT to All on Friday, January 09, 2026 19:26:07
    So a couple years ago I decided to explore the FORTH language. I started out using HES FORTH on the C64 emulator. Graduated to gForth on Linux. And then DurexFORTH on the C64.

    I am quite convinced that FORTH is what I have been missing. It has actually made my math better. Compared to object oriented programming it is almost the opposite, extreme monomorphism at it's finest.

    I did a couple things with FORTH. First, I recreated the old Milton-Bradley game from 1979, "Comp IV". Basically a simple version of Mastermind. But I am trying really hard to make my own version of the classic "Labyrinth" game that was first seen on the Commodore PET. It has been a fun experiment, especially learning how to make a maze using a recursive algorithm. I've got the maze, now I am working on a crap ASCII 3D view of it. Almost there.

    I have this idea of trying to make an Ultima style game next. Something simple, like Ultima II or III.

    [Your blood pressure just went up.]

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Chickenhead on Saturday, January 10, 2026 11:01:01
    Chickenhead wrote to All <=-

    I did a couple things with FORTH. First, I recreated the old Milton-Bradley game from 1979, "Comp IV". Basically a simple version
    of Mastermind.

    Why did I think that MERLIN, the handheld game, was written in FORTH?



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  • From feoh@VERT/SDF1 to All on Friday, February 06, 2026 18:14:00
    Awesome!

    I love FORTH and always have, despite never having ever built anything 'real' with the language.

    I had FORTH for just about every computer system I've ever had across my 45ish years with computers. Kind of amazing when you think about it!

    FIG Forth for Atari 8 bit
    JForth for Amiga
    Can't remember which for my 486 :)
    And these days GForth

    Nearly half a century of twiddling without ever having built anything :)

    Have you ever looked at Factor? It's kind of an attempt to modernize FORTH?

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