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Isn't that part of the Forth mantra though, to be written to the lowest level possible, eschewing portability, interoperability, hard coding fonts, etc., to achieve the simplest, most minimal implementation possible?

https://www.ultratechnology.com/forth.htm

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Forth is generally all about minimalism as I understand it, but that has nothing to do with what I wrote. I was just saying the man obviously wants to focus on something else at this stage of his life and that is perfectly okay. I think he might port to Raspberry Pi if he was a few years younger, but he pointed out that he didn't think it was worth it at this point.

must. not. go. too. deep. into. forth. rabbithole.

s" must" . s" not" . s" go" . s" too" . s" deep" . s" into" . s" forth" . s" rabbithole" .

When you go down the rabbit hole in Forth, it is easy to pop back out.

Actually it is-

    s" rabbithole" .s" forth" .s" into" .s" deep" .s" too" .s" go" .s" not" .s" must" .

    $ gforth
    Gforth 0.7.3, Copyright (C) 1995-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Gforth comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `license'
    Type `bye' to exit
    s" rabbithole" .s" forth" .s" into" .s" deep" .s" too" .s" go" .s" not" .s" must" . 
    :1: Undefined word
    s" rabbithole" >>>.s"<<< forth" .s" into" .s" deep" .s" too" .s" go" .s" not" .s" must" .
    Backtrace:
    $7F53D6EF5A68 throw 
    $7F53D6F0BDB0 no.extensions 
    $7F53D6EF5D28 interpreter-notfound1                                           ::
    : ws s" rabbithole " s" forth " s" into " s" deep " s" too " s" go " s" not "  compiled
    s" must " 8 0 do type loop ;  ok
    ws must not go too deep into forth rabbithole  ok

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