Forth programming language

“teaching Forth as a "grassroots" language for people who want to go back to the joy of programming as an art”

“Forth is a very interesting language, I find it a bit too complex for my little brain but give it a spin”

“gave me a renewed respect for the incredibly small footprint that can get you a working forth environment”

“every Forth codebase is so extremely personalized that it only makes sense to its author”

“the computer that can start with a programming language such as BASIC or Forth ... is useful”

“recently I have become convinced that FORTH has a main-stream importance that is not widely recognised”

“All languages that multiply your insight into the nature of computer programming”

“Forth is pretty syntax sparse, depending on the implementation. Postfix operators solve a lot of that.”

“Forth is very good in this regard, because the word names are short and there is no "fluff" around the syntax”

“Second, it’s completely unopinionated, and you can take it anywhere you want to.”

“This language is simple unintuitive and the Polish math notation will cause even more confusion.”

“Forth is a way to teach programming concepts without getting bogged down in syntax”

“I really love Forth and spend almost all my free programming time playing with it”

“if your resume just has FORTH on it recruiters are going to throw it in the garbage”

“Learning new and weird things builds brain elasticity and vocabulary for you to express new ideas.”

“I do think that "learning to think in Forth" is a skill that is something most developers should do”

“Didn't like the stack juggling and ended up using its macro assembler more and more”

“Forth is such a fascinating language, because it sort of enables you to work at any level of the program.”

“it also does away with too many "niceties" like local variables or actually readable syntax”

“Forth had the advantage of low overhead, no-worse-than-a-compiler speed, and better-than-assembly productivity.”

“Forth is a good starting point imo, you don't waste any time on non essentials.”

“Learn how to program with self-created, minimal tools to create great things.”

“Concatenative languages like Factor and Forth are very token-efficient in theory.”

“reconstructing the dataflow is a problem you have to solve when you are reading Forth code”

“The language does away with local variables (redefine the problem) to lay the ground for a much simpler implementation”

“stack languages really do require more effort to read and understand than pop infix languages”

“Forth is ridiculously easy to bring up, it is essentially a few afternoons work to go from zero to highway speeds”

“What I like about Forth is that it can be expressed at the lowest level of computation”

“the opening paragraph just nails the whole concept of a machine operator instead of machine programmer”

“"Artisanal" languages like Lisp, and Forth can be fantastic at solving problems elegantly”

“The freedom to express your thoughts exactly the way you want, and not how the compiler tells you to”

“it's the best programming language, especially for working solo, or a very small team”

“The feeling you get from doing this is one of complete mastery of the computation process.”

“Forth is a better language and system on its own, but it's difficult to standardize for reasons both technical and cultural.”

“definitely doesn't sound like anything I'd want in anything I wanted to be maintainable or long-lasting”

“The name alone, which means "onward or outward in place or space; forward" is perfectly fitting to a language aimed at the stars!”

“These languages are hidden gems, even though they play such important roles in the history of computer science.”

“The lesson of Forth for me, is that you can really gain a lot of productivity by ruthlessly removing generalisations”

“Forth is easiest language to implement from scratch, especially on stack based CPUs”

“It's useful when you have to do a cram job to fit in a really tiny machine.”