Why 8th?

Why 8th?

This is always the question. So, why another language again?

First I wil give a very short intro about 8th.

8th is a general purpose language built on the filosophy of the famous language Forth, once created by Charles Moore.

Where Forth shines especially close to the the hardware level, 8th has to offer much more.

First and foremost 8th is a tool to develop native apps for almost any platform, including Android, IOS, Linux and Windows as well as several embedded devices like the Raspberry Pi.

So, why 8th?

• really multiplatform
• can be embedded
• ready for the IOT (Internet Of Things)
• easy and clean syntax
• single language (e.g. no mix of Javascript, CSS and HTML)
• not dependent on a platform like JVM or .NET
• cheap
• fast development cycle due to 8th's dual nature (interpreter / compiler)
• very helpful developer answering quickly
• friendly community forum

In following blogposts I will try to give short code examples to bring you up to speed with 8th's syntax and filosophy.

Have a look at their website http://8th-dev.com