This week, I’m going to demonstrate some tools from the Mecrisp Forth distribution.
A different prompt, math functions (even without hardware floating point), random numbers, call tracing/profiling, and ad-hoc patching for debugging - it’s all there:
- Simple Mecrisp Forth utilities - Wed
- Let’s trace, profile, and patch - Thu
- Generated code & performance - Fri
Development in Forth is radically different from working with C and C++ programs:
That’s all there is: a bleak “ok.” prompt!
Some may dislike the lack of a “powerful” toolchain, but I’m totally happy with the absence of all that extra machinery. Just the hardware, an idea, and trying new code in rapid cycles - while staying in the flow.