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Re: idea for firmware development
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 19 Nov 1999 07:38:13 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Sergey Udovenko writes:
The whole pbForht image is only ~12k!
Beside the size, I think the real advantage of pbForth implementation would be
in extensibility.

:-) I just finished an answer to Ralph on another thread, and it was the same
idea that crossed my mind - if the bytecode could be extended, while remaining
backward compatible, so that it allows for more variables and maybe a stack,
then it would be a big improvement!

/Vlad



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  Re: idea for firmware development
 
Again... Just like in "real" world, we have a legacy system problem here... ;) Sergey (...) be (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) Well, it’s difficult to guess the size right now. But I'm almost sure that size of the extension itself (without kernel code) will be smaller. ;) Depending on application, size of Forth code comparable with size of assembler code. The whole (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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