Are you familiar with BootForth - a &#x27;Forth bootstrapping framework&#x27;? It was originally announced in 2008 in comp.lang.forth <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;groups.google.com&#x2F;forum&#x2F;#!topic&#x2F;comp.lang.forth&#x2F;tc_OnqFOa1w" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;groups.google.com&#x2F;forum&#x2F;#!topic&#x2F;comp.lang.forth&#x2F;tc_O...</a><p>Maybe by chance you even have the source? It seems to have disappeared from the net, together with Gitorious, and the original author is unavailable.