a 16bit Forth for desktop and web
try it out online

• clear, simple and obvious
  • don't sacrifice readibility for performance
• evolution of a classic
  • "writing a forth" is more important than "designing a modern language"

• /repo-overview for repo info
• /mini-specs for language/vm specs
• src/examples for code samples

• overall
  • clean, self-documenting codebase (hopefully)
  • well-defined, obvious memory layout
  • self-hosting with metacompiler
    • parser and interpreter written in forth
    • boots from a system image
      • included system image is pretty small, around 2.5kb
  • automatic tailcall optimization
  • cross-platform on desktop and web
• language
  • covers most of the ANSI Forth 'Core' word set
  • vocabularies, search order
  • string escapes, including multiline strings
  • easy-to-use FFI, currently builds in:
    • OS access
    • 32-bit floats
    • dynamic memory
    • random number generation
• virtual PC
  • based off of the PC-98 computer
    • pixel buffer
    • character buffer
  • mouse/keyboard callbacks
  • separate threads for graphics and interpreter
  • gamepad support

• in progress
  • web
    • graphics
    • file loading
• planned
  • io
    • audio
  • cross-compiler for avr/pic
• maybe

you need:

• mac OS
• zig
• glfw
• portaudio

mac OS, using homebrew:

• $ brew install zig glfw
• $ zig build
• $ ./shell/run.sh

MIT