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>>jaypat+(OP)
if it can't be build with Ansi C or perhaps old style C++ it is not self contained i think. depending a Language on some fast moving binarys is in my eye a bad decission. Excuse my english. im not a native speaker.

>>Surac+3J
There are self-hosted Forths

>>bandra+WQ
Subleq and Eforth can self-compile, yes.

Being base.dec a subleq EForth image and eforth.fth the source code, to create a new one:

       ./subleq base.dec < tuned_eforth.fth > new.dec

 And Uxn partially. You can run the compiler as a UXN rom (Drimflim.rom).

So by just having a recent working VM you can compile the rest with uxn2 or 'uxncli dribflim.rom app.tal app.rom'. Tal files are source files.