Re: [Dorset] Small C and Forth [was Re: 2010-07-06 Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum.]

2010-07-16 Thread Peter Merchant
On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 11:42 +0100, Robert Bronsdon wrote: On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:40:15 +0100, Peter Merchant madsmad...@netscape.net wrote: OK, I thought that he had gone in the last round of cost cuttings. Yeah he went. Shame, he was a good lecturer. Sadly not someone many wanted to

Re: [Dorset] Small C and Forth [was Re: 2010-07-06 Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum.]

2010-07-15 Thread Robert Bronsdon
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:45:08 +0100, Peter Merchant madsmad...@netscape.net wrote: Who's That? You can reply off line if you would rather not name names. His name is Peter Knaggs - I'm fairly sure he would be happy having his name associated with Forth in any way. A quick Google of him

Re: [Dorset] Small C and Forth [was Re: 2010-07-06 Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum.]

2010-07-14 Thread Robert Bronsdon
On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:24:35 +0100, Gemma gemma_ja...@lineone.net wrote: Oooh ! gee thanks Peter, I'll bear that in mind, before I reminisce again. HA! - I have a lecturer who feels forth is the best thing since sliced bread. Still works regularly on interpreters and is still convinced I

Re: [Dorset] Small C and Forth [was Re: 2010-07-06 Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum.]

2010-07-13 Thread Gemma
Peter Merchant wrote: On Sun, 2010-07-11 at 11:53 +0100, Gemma wrote: Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi, On a related note, that FORTH tutorial/compiler is http://www.annexia.org/forth It's in two parts, x86 assembler, and FORTH. Both heavily annotated with the tutorial.

Re: [Dorset] Small C and Forth [was Re: 2010-07-06 Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum.]

2010-07-11 Thread Gemma
Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi, On a related note, that FORTH tutorial/compiler is http://www.annexia.org/forth It's in two parts, x86 assembler, and FORTH. Both heavily annotated with the tutorial. I'm afraid Forth passed me by! Thanks for the link, I may investigate

Re: [Dorset] Small C and Forth [was Re: 2010-07-06 Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum.]

2010-07-10 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, On a related note, that FORTH tutorial/compiler is http://www.annexia.org/forth It's in two parts, x86 assembler, and FORTH. Both heavily annotated with the tutorial. I'm afraid Forth passed me by! Me too! Me and my friends were exposed to it as kids on the

[Dorset] Small C and Forth [was Re: 2010-07-06 Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum.]

2010-07-09 Thread Tim Allen
Hi Ralph On 09/07/10 13:12, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-C I still have Cain's Small C on 8 floppy, if anyone's (remotely) interested! I was interested in the original article by Cain from the point of view of a single-pass compiler but have failed