Version 12 of Forth

Updated 2004-02-09 09:58:08

Forth is a computer programming language based on Reverse Polish Notation, e.g. in arithmetics like HP calculators:

 1 2 + 3 * 4 /
 ~ [expr ((1+2)*3)/4)]

http://www.forth.org

FORTH in tcl anyone?

Chuck Moore created FORTH. An interesting article about FORTH appeared in Byte magazine [L1 ] .

Related to this is 1% the code a shocking paper by Chuck Moore.

Tutorials

  • Brief Introduction [L2 ]
  • And so Forth (a primer)[L3 ]
  • Comprehensive (for 4tH)[L4 ]

Often over the years, FORTH and Tcl have been compared because of the mindset in both to write lots of procs/words to do one's work.


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