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by silentbicycle 5674 days ago
FreeBSD's boot loader uses a dialect of forth.

Forth makes MUCH more sense in an embedded context, IMHO.

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>Forth makes MUCH more sense in an embedded context, IMHO.

Forth is just unbeatable in an embedded context. Minimal porting of a few basic words and you're up and running with fully functional environment you can adjust on-the-fly.