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Kaj: 15:07I have been investigating it. It's not hard to target with my language
Kaj: 15:27First support would be through the cross-platform C backend. This would at least support the low RAM. As usual on an 8-bit, using the extended RAM would be trickier

15:28Supporting native X16 features would need more funding

15:30The C backend has considerable overhead, limiting program size, but this past month I have started on a native 6502 backend that generates machine code directly. This improves a lot over the C backend, but it's a lot more work, so also a matter of funding

15:33Currently I'm working on the crowd-funding website. I will put all possible target platforms up for donations, and will implement them in order of highest funding
Kaj: 15:57I could use help in explaining REBOL to 8-bit people :-D

15:57 https://atariage.com/forums/topic/315558-a-new-language-for-the-atari/page/8/?tab=comments#comment-4848355
Kaj: 18:44I see the X16 has been renamed:

18:45 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PWBUMgAl7wY
Gregg: 20:44April Fools joke?

Kaj: 06:38Yeah, but it's such a great video that I wanted to post it, anyway

06:39I think I could build the computer in the time it would take me to make that video :-)

Gregg: 17:55Videos are hard. Doing things we don't do regularly can be frustratingly slow, but that's how we bulid skills too.

17:56And they really went all in on this one.

Gregg: 16:04Congratulations Kaj!
Kaj: 16:38Thanks!

16:38It's META II from the sixties, so I'm taking my chances
Gregg: 17:11:^)