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-  (stack) languages, special purpose description languages for signal
-  processing applications, and low level Forth. BROOD is an attempt to
-  create a programmable compiler for deeply embedded applications,
-  aimed at engineers on a budget.
+  (stack) languages, special purpose description languages for control
+  and signal processing applications, and low level Forth. BROOD is an
+  attempt to create a programmable compiler for deeply embedded
+  applications, aimed at engineers on a budget.
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-  and signal processing projects. My problem is the development of
-  highly specialized software for embedded systems in small groups
-  (1-3). I got fed up with ad-hoc methods of metaprogramming and code
-  generation that I see used in this engineering subculture, and
-  decided to build a clean system that can be understood and used by a
-  single electrical engineer with an open mind towards modern
-  programming language technology. However, I am not a PLT theorist,
-  and if you want to use BROOD, you don't need to be either.
+  and signal processing projects. I seek to optimize the development
+  process of highly specialized software for embedded systems by small
+  groups of say 1 to 3 people. I got fed up with ad-hoc methods of
+  metaprogramming and code generation that I see used in this
+  engineering subculture, and decided to build a clean system that can
+  be understood and used by a single electrical engineer with an open
+  mind towards modern programming language technology. However, I am
+  not a PLT theorist, and if you want to use BROOD, you don't need to
+  be either.
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-  The current emphasis is on the Purrr18 subproject, an interactive
-  Forth dialect designed for the 8-bit Microchip PIC18
-  Microcontroller, and a more standard Forth layer on top of
-  it. Future goals include the design of a linear concatenative
-  language as a successor or drop-in replacement for
-  the <a href="http://zwizwa.be/packetforth">Packet Forth</a>
-  interpreter, and the design of a declarative Scheme derived
-  data-flow language to implement DSP functionality on a
+  The current emphasis is on work towards Purrr, a stand-alone
+  standard Forth layer for all microcontroller architectures, and
+  Purrr18 an interactive tethered Forth dialect designed for the 8-bit
+  Microchip PIC18 Microcontroller. Future goals include the design of
+  a linear concatenative language as a successor or drop-in
+  replacement for the <a href="http://zwizwa.be/packetforth">Packet
+  Forth</a> interpreter, and the design of a declarative Scheme
+  derived data-flow language to implement DSP functionality on a
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-  the Forth language. There appears to be a second generation of BASIC
+  the Forth language. There appears to be a population of BASIC
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