> Forth compilers can be bootstrapped from not-very-much assembler on an embedded system. That's not really true for Lisp and Smalltalk
Sectorlisp[0] is an attempt to make a lisp that can fit in a bootsector (512 bytes). It's currently ~1.5 bootsectors; larger than the smallest forths, but certainly in the same ballpark.
Stage0[1] is an attempt to make a boostrappable seed from a minimum of binary dependencies. I recommend taking a look at what it says[2] on the matter, though it's too long to quote here.
Sectorlisp[0] is an attempt to make a lisp that can fit in a bootsector (512 bytes). It's currently ~1.5 bootsectors; larger than the smallest forths, but certainly in the same ballpark.
Stage0[1] is an attempt to make a boostrappable seed from a minimum of binary dependencies. I recommend taking a look at what it says[2] on the matter, though it's too long to quote here.
0. https://github.com/jart/sectorlisp
1. https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/stage0/
2. https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/stage0.git/tree/README.... skip to ‘stage2’