info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (04/26/84)
Date: Sun 22 Apr 84 01:45:36-EST From: uw-beaver!INTMET@BBNA.ARPA Subject: Forth arives To: info-mac@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA I recieved my copy of MacForth on Friday. I have read the manual and played with the demos. It fun, its fast, its a hackers delight. Forth is the Mad Hatter of programming languages. The distribution comes with a primes program, it counts the primes from 1 to 8K in about 2 seconds. L* it isn't. I'll write a longer review once I've actually written a program. As an aside, it doesn't seem fair to broadcast bugs in MacPascal's prerelease versions. ben. --- A little program in MacForth for an etchastech --- new.window etch.window " My etchings " etch.window w.title 200 30 300 375 etch.window w.bounds sys.window etch.window w.behind etch.window add.window : sketch hide.cursor begin still.down while @mousexy dot repeat show.cursor ; : etch if 5 5 pensize begin do.events case mouse.down of sketch endof endcase again else then ; etch.window on.activate etch ps. I wouldn't buy this unless you have skimmed a book about forth, and you are willing to skip getting into computer science heaven. pps. The above program is probably covered by their copyright. -------