Post A3djICGDgolN1BlMsy by jasonscheirer@toot.jasonscheirer.com
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 (DIR) Post #A3djIBoZLce3dQpHmq by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
       2021-01-26T17:47:00Z
       
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       "why forth?""because it's the tool of choice for lots of folk who can't debug their production hardware deployment easily as it's generally millions of miles away.""oh, I don't need to do that so that's no good for me."
       
 (DIR) Post #A3djICGDgolN1BlMsy by jasonscheirer@toot.jasonscheirer.com
       2021-01-26T17:51:50Z
       
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       @djsundog Forth instilled in me a permanent brain damage in that I then expected a REPL in every language I used after
       
 (DIR) Post #A3djICgo5y1wLeCbKK by crc@mastodon.social
       2021-01-26T18:46:10Z
       
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       @jasonscheirer @djsundog I may be a bit odd here, but though I use and write Forth daily, I seldom use the REPL.
       
 (DIR) Post #A3djID6KZ4Rlco8z6u by jasonscheirer@toot.jasonscheirer.com
       2021-01-26T18:49:02Z
       
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       @crc @djsundog I would like to learn more quite frankly. Are you just intimately familiar with Forth? Do you instead write tests? I’m in no way a Forth long-timer, just enthusiast, so I’d like to hear what your workflow is like.
       
 (DIR) Post #A3djIDUn680qqfaWEi by crc@mastodon.social
       2021-01-26T19:52:37Z
       
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       @jasonscheirer @djsundog Taking these questions:(1) I am very familiar with /some/ Forths. I've been working on/with my implementation for over 20 years, and have used a few others (HelFORTH, Reva, 4p, a few ColorForth variations) over the years. I have significantly less experience in the ANS FORTH or older standards, though, though I did study cmForth for a while.(2) I feel that tests are helpful, but I don't write them very often.
       
 (DIR) Post #A3djIDvNVHHQB81kg4 by crc@mastodon.social
       2021-01-26T19:56:53Z
       
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       @jasonscheirer @djsundog (3) Workflow is time consuming.Due to severe RSI issues, I try to limit my time typing per day to a minimum.I spend most of my time considering the problems I'm trying to solve, and working out the solution in my head and on paper when I'm able to hold a pen for any useful periods of time. I know my language and tools completely (the big advantage to following a 'code it yourself' model), so I can reason my way through most of the things before I begin entering them.