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title: "I realized at some point I can have most interpreted forth-style words in an ali"
author: "NOTimothyLottes"
handle: "@NOTimothyLottes"
post_url: "https://x.com/NOTimothyLottes/status/2078349730204078527"
post_id: "2078349730204078527"
timestamp: "2026-07-18 05:22:44"
post_count: 4
reply_count: 1
repost_count: 0
like_count: 5
view_count: 502
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# @NOTimothyLottes — I realized at some point I can have most interpreted forth-style words in an ali

## Post 1 (2026-07-18 05:14:06)

All {0-6} argument syscall options in 32-bytes. The plan is to embed the interpreter inside the words with a 3-byte overhead {AD (lodsd), FF E0 (jmp rax)} so levering lots of x86-64 stuff for minimal size

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## Post 2 (2026-07-18 05:17:08) — reply to Post 1

Everything forced in lower 32-bit, but still building around 64-bit support. Since I'm not using x86-64 CALL/RET I can free up the stack ops strictly for the data stack.

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## Post 3 (2026-07-18 05:22:44) — reply to Post 2

I realized at some point I can have most interpreted forth-style words in an aligned 8-bytes. So can make a very small interpreter.

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## Post 4 (2026-07-18 06:01:49) — reply to Post 3

@NOTimothyLottes Even smaller code size possible with custom compression scheme, where you design bytecode not for immediate execution but to be decompressed on load.