Show HN: I built a minimal Forth-like stack interpreter library in C https://ift.tt/VqOidM4

Show HN: I built a minimal Forth-like stack interpreter library in C This weekend I created stacklib.h - a single-header library that brings Forth-style stack operations to C. It implements a basic interpreter with: - Stack operations (push/pop/dup/swap/over/drop) - Arithmetic (+, -, *, /) - Output (., emit, cr) - Stack inspection (.s, depth) Example usage: Stack s; stack_init(&s); dict_init(); exec(&s, "10 20 + ."); // Prints "30" exec(&s, "1 2 3 4 .s"); // Shows stack contents The library is self-contained, requires no dependencies, and handles basic error checking. It was inspired by wanting to understand how Forth works at a fundamental level while keeping the simplicity of C. I'm curious what other stack-based or concatenative programming enthusiasts think about this approach. Has anyone else built something similar? What features would you add to make it more useful? GitHub: https://ift.tt/JxfgNSV September 11, 2025 at 02:15AM