Sectorforth is a 16-bit x86 Forth that fits in a 512-byte boot sector (2020) (github.com)

33 points by sigalor 4 days ago

5 comments:

by Saltloaf 5 hours ago

Eight primitives and a colon compiler in 512 bytes is a nice demonstration of how much you can bootstrap from almost nothing. The examples building up from there are the best part.

by gabrielsroka 3 days ago

2020

by jxnsneb 3 days ago

Not that impressive considering this uses BIOS routines heavily and whole operating systems including basic interpreter fit in a couple of KiB

by vrighter 2 hours ago

512 bytes is quite a bit less than "a couple of kilobytes"

by jacquesm 2 hours ago

It's much better than 512, it fits in 336 bytes iirc.

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