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Yeah I'm not going to defend FORTH as a practical language -- it's annoying to write significant programs in it. However it does fit in a smaller space than C (probably).

I'm currently writing an ML derivative language for smaller systems and I hope that'll be practical while at the same time being a better alternative to C.

Have you looked at ATS? http://www.ats-lang.org/

Not until now. I was writing a language because it's fun, not because it's intended to be useful though.

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