"Forth - The year in which your 6 month project is finally completed" </duck>
On Dec 20, 2007 10:10 PM, Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 07:19:12PM -0700, Levi Pearson wrote: > > Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > I don't, but try some of these. I haven't tried any, so I can't speak > > > to how good they are. These all run on top of an OS, where my version > > > is the OS. > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/spool/mqueue# apt-cache search forth | grep forth > > > | sort > > > gforth - GNU Forth Language Environment > > > kforth - Small Forth Interpreter Written in C++ > > > pforth - portable Forth interpreter > > > yforth - A small freeware Forth environment in ANSI C > > Also, these folks have a freebie alpha release for Linux: > http://www.mpeforth.com/ Again, I haven't used it. > > > > > I was guessing you were talking about Forth. > > I figured that if anyone in this crew twigged to Forth, it would be > you. > > > I've been meaning to play around with it. I found the old books > > 'Starting Forth' and 'Thinking Forth' online, and read through parts > > of them. > > I'm not familiar with Thinking Forth, but Starting Forth is an > excellent intro. The biggest problem is that there is no LeoForth, so > the code examples may or may not work on your flavor of Forth exactly > as they are given in the book. > > Other than that it is an excellent introduction to Forth. One reason > is that Leo was a theatre major who had never written a line of code > in his life until Forth, Inc. hired him to write the book. One thing > he wrote in the course of writing the book was the word processor he > used to write and typeset the book. > > > Now I just have to think of something to code with it. :) > > Um, a Leo Brodie-ish word processor? > > However, be warned. From the gforth deb package summary: > > It has been said that learning Forth changes forever the way you > think about writing programs. > > This is true. It's an ill wind that blows no minds. > > > -- > > Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards > and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email > http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHa0rL//ZMSE7N39sRAoxIAKCVms540/PFRIqP6GkdI8ZMGAQD3wCfTnX5 > cCNnTTZPDqZ2UH6xaVqcJeg= > =Jz0A > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
