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by adastra22 1069 days ago
In terms of practical usage, FYI both bitcoin script and postscript (for printers) are Forth based, as are some aerospace chips.
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It’s arguable how much, if any, Forth is in PostScript. It is, indeed, a stack based language, but that’s pretty much where the similarities end.

There’s more to what makes a Forth a Forth than a parameter stack.

More discussion at https://wiki.c2.com/?ForthPostscriptRelationship