dmm@calmasd.CALMA.UUCP (David MacMillan) (07/23/86)
References: Disclaimer: I know full well this may be a query in vain. Situation: 1) Have IBM PC (not a clone) PC-DOS 2.1 2) Can't afford expensive compilers 3) Wish to develop a medium-to-largish program. 4) Am frustrated by Turbo-Pascal's limits re: programming environment. (e.g. no separate compilation, 64K limits, etc. Turbo is nifty, but awkward for over .5Kloc source, impossible for over 1Kloc source.) 5) Have but won't use: a shareware LISP (too slow), 808X assembler (argh), BASIC (never!). 6) Don't know Forth, BUT: have learned many a language on a moment's notice (Pascal (Berkely, IBM Pascal/VS, Turbo), PL/S, C, C++, APL, BASIC, ProLog, LisP, 6809 assembler, 808X assembler). Query: Is there a shareware version of Forth for the PC? My modem is 300 Baud (acoustic!), so unless I can get it over the net & download locally, I'd prefer sending a disk to calling a long-distance BBS. (area code 619 ok) Cost Limit: I'd be happy to send a disk & return postage, but as I won't know if I would use Forth until I played with it a bit, I'd be reluctant to pay someone a repackaging fee. If I did use it, I'd be happy to pay a *reasonable* shareware registration fee. (under U.S. $50) Many thanks, David M. MacMillan, KB6MPN "If feather-dusters are - UCSD [Lit] (ex-UCSC/Crown) made of feathers, what are - Calma/GE [Info-Sci] (ex IBM) crop-dusters made of?" - UCSD Soaring Club - LM, 'cellist - SSA, USHGA, ARRL US Mail: 8072 Caminito Mallorca La Jolla, California 92037 Work Phone: (619) 587-3099 Home Phone: (619) 452-7761 [NEVER call before noon, my rommmate works a graveyard shift]