From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <6923AD9A-6C0C-47E1-809F-067D8FA8527C@corpus-callosum.com> From: Jeff Sickel To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-2--960549434 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPad Mail 7B367) Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:51:49 -0500 Subject: Re: [9fans] GSOC proposal Topicbox-Message-UUID: 06cf67de-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --Apple-Mail-2--960549434 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is really too late for the GSoC bits. But possibly of interests = for later developments... On Mar 25, 2010, at 6:03 AM, yy wrote: >=20 > Would such a project be interesting for this year gsoc? Is any mentor > interested in Forth? >=20 > I really think acme would make a great environment for Forth > development. I have not used 4th except to play a bit with it, but I > have spent the last months porting the Ngaro VM to Go [1], which is > used to run retroForth [2] images, and I think that could be a good > starting point too. >=20 > [1] http://hg.4l77.com/gonga/ > [2] http://retroforth.org >=20 > PS: I'm CCing this to the GSoC list, but since the original message > appeared here I'm replying to 9fans too. A viable environment using in Plan 9 or Inferno to develop code for = arrayForth and the GA line of chips that use it would be nice. Well, = nice for a few of us who may have future board designs using those = chips. Getting some Forth-SIM environment for any Plan 9 $objtype would help = from having to run Windows IDEs on native x86 hardware or in VMs. = Additionally, flashing the GA chips from Plan 9 sure would make = development decisions easier. -jas --Apple-Mail-2--960549434 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
This is really too late for the = GSoC bits.  But possibly of interests for later = developments...


On Mar 25, 2010, at 6:03 = AM, yy wrote:

Would = such a project be interesting for this year gsoc? Is any = mentor
interested in Forth?

I really think acme would make a = great environment for Forth
development. I have not used 4th except = to play a bit with it, but I
have spent the last months porting the = Ngaro VM to Go [1], which is
used to run retroForth [2] images, and I = think that could be a good
starting point too.

[1] http://hg.4l77.com/gonga/
[2= ] http://retroforth.org

PS: = I'm CCing this to the GSoC list, but since the original = message
appeared here I'm replying to 9fans = too.

A viable environment using in Plan 9 or = Inferno to develop code for arrayForth and the GA line of chips that use = it would be nice.  Well, nice for a few of us who may have future = board designs using those chips.

Getting some = Forth-SIM environment for any Plan 9 $objtype would help from having to = run Windows IDEs on native x86 hardware or in VMs.  Additionally, = flashing the GA chips from Plan 9 sure would make development decisions = easier.

-jas

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