r3forth: A Minimalist, Self-Hosted Programming Language Inspired by ColorForth
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Summary
r3forth is a minimalist, self-hosted programming language and environment inspired by ColorForth and Forth philosophy. It features an ultra-minimalist virtual machine core (~40kb) written in C that is portable and supports Windows and Linux. The system is designed as a complete, self-contained environment that balances extreme minimalism with practical creative power, and can load and call procedures from dynamic libraries (DLL in Windows, SO in Linux). The distribution uses SDL2 library for game development.
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It's designed to be a complete, self-contained system that balances extreme minimalism with practical creative power
Ultra-Minimalist VM: A highly portable, lightweight core (~40kb) written in C
R3 can load and call procedures from any dynamic library (.DLL in windows) or (.SO in linux)
the distro use SDL2 library for make games
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