Hi George, >> Yes, I am a very big fan of Dr. Ting's approach. It is about 20 words in >> Assembler and the rest of Forth is derived in Forth.
I do like this approach as well, preForth and seedForth did this starting with 13 words the only thing was it was using an i386 assembler which I didn't know well. Thanks for your comment, John S PS: Wisdom is proved by it's works (not my expression - from the Bible) On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 11:10 AM John Sarabacha <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Brian, > I have not read his book, all that I know about him is that he was very > knowledgeable in his > field (using a C versions of forth) and yet was very humble (a good thing) > and he also coined the expression > "trying to explain forth in forth is silly" (think that is what he said > or something like that). Also > when I reached out to one of his associates Brad Nelson he actually > responded with useful information. > > Thank you for your comment. > John S > > > > On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 9:51 AM George H <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> https://www.taaze.tw/products/11100495785.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqFPORunhEewSzHLNyzXcYQY7LKTM_MKo3ogALWeoqA9P9J4tI5 >> >> I do realize that AmForth took on a different approach than C.H.Ting. And >> that standardized Forth has a long history of developement. >> >> But Dr. C.H.Ting simply does more with less. >> >> On Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 22:41 George H <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Yes, I am a very big fan of Dr. Ting's approach. It is about 20 words in >> > Assembler and the rest of Forth is derived in Forth. >> > >> > On Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 22:34 Brian K Navarette <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> All of the fun of forth on microcontrollers is learning as YOU, not >> some >> >> software package, interact with the device. You should (re)read Dr >> Tings >> >> book, The Arduino controlled by eForth to understand better why these >> >> forth >> >> systems exist. >> >> brian-in-ohio >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 11:16 AM John Sarabacha <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hi Everyone, >> >> > AmForth is a good candidate for ML (Machine Learning) or AI. Better >> than >> >> > Python for front end in my opinion. Most work at this point is using >> C, >> >> > Python and assembler (pure or mixed asm(...)). There has been a lot >> of >> >> good >> >> > work already like expert systems (like CLIPS) that can be utilized to >> >> > generate forth. This is an area that I am actively pursuing. Now you >> may >> >> > see why I have taken this approach to making AmForth more usable with >> >> other >> >> > software tools. >> >> > >> >> > Regards, >> >> > John S >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Amforth-devel mailing list for http://amforth.sf.net/ >> >> > [email protected] >> >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amforth-devel >> >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Amforth-devel mailing list for http://amforth.sf.net/ >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amforth-devel >> >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Amforth-devel mailing list for http://amforth.sf.net/ >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amforth-devel >> > _______________________________________________ Amforth-devel mailing list for http://amforth.sf.net/ [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amforth-devel
