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We at FORTH, Inc. have trained several thousand programmers to use Forth with versions of this book. Over the years weÂ’ have adapted the content to reflect changes in common Forth usage and evolving computer and OS technology. WeÂ’ have also continually modified the problems to reflect the kinds of issues programmers face in real-world programming.This Fourth Edition is the latest, updated in 2006.

We have included some sections on topics (such as multitasking) that do not apply to all Forth systems. The reason for this is to convey some of the range of capabilities of modern Forth implementations and how they can apply to writing important applications in Forth.

The course presented in this book is intended to introduce Forth to people with little or no prior experience in the language. However, it does assume the reader is familiar with general computing concepts (bytes, memory, addresses, data objects, etc.). Prior programming experience in some language is helpful (though not required). ... Read more

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Good languages are needing good books
This book is a good introduction into Forth. it's mostly
complete. it's easy to read, easy to understand and the
examples are quite useful. this is not a fat thousand
pages bloated book where one don't know how to start.
this book is exzellent for all peoples how want to understand
what Forth is and how Forth works. there are many years of
experience collected.

The definitive book on Forth
This book presents a very good coverage of modern Forth and comes from the world's second Forth programmer, a close friend of Chuck Moore (the inventer of the language), and president of Forth, Inc., the company they founded back in 1973.Forth has been one of those sleeper languages - not as widely known as most but used in a lot of places where few are aware of the implementation language - such as the FedEx hand scanners, Sun workstation boot software and many NASA space vehicles.This book give a great introduction to Forth and is up to date with the current ANSI standard.It is a good complement to Leo Brodie's "Starting Forth" (which, by the way, Forth Inc. owns the copyright to) and brings Forth into the 21st century.If you have ever had even the slightest curiosity about Forth or would like to look at a refreshing alternative to trendy languages today, get this book. For the price, you can not go wrong and I think you will be amazed by the beauty and simplicity (and power) of Forth. ... Read more

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This International Standard specifies an interface between a Forth System and a Forth Program by defining the words provided by a Standard System.This International Standard specifies:the forms that a program written in the Forth language may take; the rules for interpreting the meaning of a program and its data. This International Standard does not specify:the mechanism by which programs are transformed for use on computing systems; the operations required for setup and control of the use of programs on computing systems; the method of transcription of programs or their input or output data to or from a storage medium; the program and Forth system behavior when the rules of this International Standard fail to establish an interpretation; the size or complexity of a program and its data that will exceed the capacity of any specific computing system or the capability of a particular Forth system; the physical properties of input/output records, files, and units; the physical properties and implementation of storage. ... Read more

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FORTH is an extremely efficient programminglanguage. Next to C it is getting more and more attention in theindustrial- and military control enviroment. With FORTH the programmerhas complete access to the whole computer, from bit-level to metaoperations. The time (and with it the cost) to develop software can bereduced considerably using FORTH. The generated code ist extremlycompact and changes can be made very easily. This book gives you thesource code of complete application programs such as: Input/output,strings, data structures, artificial intelligence in FORTH, tools forprogram development programming of recurrence procedures such as thetowers of Hanoi, a complete mailing list program in FORTH, a DBMSsystem and much more. ... Read more

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FORTH is an extremely efficient programming language. Next to C it is gettingmore and more attention in the industrial- and military control enviroment. With FORTH the programmer has complete access to the whole computer, from bit-level to meta operations. The time (and with it the cost) to develop software can be reduced considerably using FORTH. The generated code ist extremly compact and changes can be made very easily. This book is a complete introduction to FORTH. You are using a Shareware version of Forth. Example programs that can be typed in will give you success right away. So if you want to learn the FORTH language in no time, this is the book for you. The Shareware version of FORTH in the book can be bought seperately from the Publisher at $ 5.00 plus S&H. ... Read more

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I can't go Forth with this book ...
This book explains the language for the 16-bit version of Forth called Forth-83 (as stated on front cover). The 32-bit version is called Tile Forth, which, from my searchings, appears available for Linux only. As of writing, I have not been able to find a Microsoft Windows version to make use of the book's material. Maybe someone can advise. It should then make the book useful. Currently the book is a total waste of money to me. ... Read more

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This book introduces hardware engineers to the software control of micro-processor-based products through the programming language FORTH. It employs a "building-brick" approach in which functions combining hardware and software are designed and tested together. This method leads naturally to a repertoire of reuseable functions, improving software design productivity. FORTH itself is presented as a machine design kit, making it attractive to those who see computing in terms of building hardware rather than writing statements in an abstract language. A case study shows how FORTH's benefits in interactive testing can be added to the conventional assembly language environment to facilitate development, factory tests and product maintenance. The FORTH-83 language standard and the older FIG-FORTH are compared. ... Read more

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Contents: A Simple Screen Directory; Standalone Applications in F83; Using Registers in Data Stacks; Menu-Drive the 8250 Async Chip; Designing Data Structures; Using a String Stack ... Read more

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1987 FORML Conferences Proceedings: Ninth Asilomar FORML Conference Nov 27-29, 1987, Pacific Grove, CA USA & EuroFORML '87Conference Sept. 18-20, 1987, Stettenfels Castle, West Germany ... Read more

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Contents include: Word Indexer; F83 Word Usage Statistics; Benchmark Readability; Extending the Multi-Tasker: Mailboxes; Atari Painting Forth; Redefining Words; Forth Component Libraries; 1985 Forth National Convention ... Read more

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Forth Dimensions Journal, January/February 1986 (Vol 7, No. 5). Contents: Making Numbers Pretty; An Application of the Recursive Sort; Quick DP in Forth; WALK' on Bugs; Code Modules and Data Structures; A Universal Stack Word; Fast Evaluation of Polynomials; FORML at Asilomar ... Read more