I think it was Leo LaPorte who recalled an old joke on a podcast just recently:
"If you've seen one version of FORTH, you've seen one version of FORTH." -- bkw On Feb 25, 2017 4:10 AM, "Willard Goosey" <[email protected]> wrote: > I've tried to learn FORTH several times and always hit walls where the > interpreter is buggy, or just different from the book I have(starting FORTH > 2nd ed) , and undocumented. > > I think my next attempt will be using DXFORTH under CP/M. I'm net.friends > with the author and I can just bug him if I can't get something to work. > :-) > > Willard > Sent from Samsung tablet > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From Fred Whitaker <[email protected]> > Date: 02/24/2017 8:25 AM (GMT-07:00) > To Model 100 Discussion <[email protected]> > Subject Re: [M100] Wp2 here and working! > > > Forth is a fascinating language. I have seen implementation as small as > 2K. Essentially you use existing functions and calls to extend the language > to accomplish a specific task. As you extend it the file increases in size, > which is one drawback. You can save your extension to disk as "pages" to be > recalled. Later, or you can save the new "version" to disk as a standalone > FORTH. > > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36> > > ------------------------------ > *From:* M100 <[email protected]> on behalf of Willard > Goosey <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2017 11:03:41 PM > *To:* Model 100 Discussion > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Wp2 here and working! > > Heh, yes I've got your CamelFORTH but FORTH is just one language I've > never been able to get into. I can do 1 1 +. But after that? Pfft! Actually > my last attempt to learn it was with model 100 MFORTH... > > Willard > Sent from Samsung tablet >
