$ cat test.f ; echo (Print 6) 3 2 1 + + . CR $ pforth test.f PForth V2.0.0, LE/64, built Jan 9 2023 23:55:24 (static) Including: test.f (Print ? - unrecognized word! INCLUDE error on line #1 , level = 1 (Print 6) ^^^^^^ $ cat test.f ; echo ( Print 6 ) 3 2 1 + + . CR $ pforth test.f PForth V2.0.0, LE/64, built Jan 9 2023 23:55:24 (static) Including: test.f 6

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   mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jan-2025 06:31:36 JST mcc

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   First problem I hit is comments don't work. The documentation specifically says text in parenthesis are comments, but it isn't accepted.

   After some staring at the docs, I realize in all the examples, there are spaces. It turns out (Comment) is not a comment, but ( Comment ) is a comment. Because ( isn't a pure operator built in the language, rather there's a FORTH word ( that eats all words until ) is found. Holy crap. I never thought I'd say this but maybe it IS possible to self-host too hard