I had Learning Forth, by Leo Broody, but I don't recall the  
illustrations you mentioned.



On Feb 1, 2010, at 1:00 PM, Ian Clark <earthspo...@googlemail.com>  
wrote:

>> One winning instructional strategy, including Gilman and Rose,
>> is telling a story for each piece of material. Such stories,
>> among other things, may revolve around exo-paradigms.
>
> When I used to program in FORTH (sign of a mis-spent youth) one
> well-beloved primer in the FORTH community was illustrated with
> engaging but instructive cartoons. Thus the standard word SWOP was a
> little two-headed dragon that did what you'd guess with objects on the
> stack. Can anyone remember the book and remind me of its title?
>
> I know someone (http://www.leelamaria.com/) who could do us a wodge of
> cartoons like that. Shall I try to get them interested?
>
> Ian
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