Eigth is a simple programming environment that takes inspiration from the Forth. In particular we take from Forth the concatenative programming concept, where new opcodes can be defined and become indistinguishable from the core words that are initially defined.
However even though we are inspired by Forth we still willingly discard the most distinctive element of the language. Eigth replaces the Forth data stack with registers. That means programming in Eigth feels very different to Forth because Eigth feels much more like writing for load/store architectures, including all modern RISC machines.
To finalize the cross-pollination of ideas we also take from Forth the idea that control flow can be embedded as part of the word stream. The end result is a merge of the control flow from classic structured programming languages, with an assembly-like programming feel.
4 is spelled four. The next element of the sequence after third is spelled fourth. Forth is spelled Forth.
8 is spelt eight. The next element of the sequence after seventh is spelt eighth. Eigth is spelled Eigth.
Sure forth is a real English word and eigth isn't... but Eigth is still spelled Eigth. It's a whimsical name for a whimsical project.
Eigth is just an executable thought experiment. Eigth is fun. Eigth has eight registers (which contributes to the name) Eigth is not intending to suggest that it is twice as good as Forth.
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