Arrrgh! Micro$h*t again.../old basics

On 1998-03-17 classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu said to lisard(a)zetnet.co.uk :<the 8080 c.1977 which was a non-trivial self-contained interactive :<interpreter, in 256 bytes including space for your own UART drivers. :Simple yes, useful? there have been a few tiny languages built over the years. there was SIMPLE (and can someone describle it here please?); WADUZITDO, which looked like a tiny PILOT and also fit into 256 bytes; FALSE, a 1k compiler for a Forth-like language on the Amiga; BRAINFUCK, a 256-byte compiler for a very simple language indeed, also on the Amiga; and several versions of Forth and Basic which could fit inside 4k. of course, the capabilities of the forth would probably rather outweigh those of the basic... ;> -- Communa (together) we remember... we'll see you falling you know soft spoken changes nothing to sing within her...