ns@gnome.cs.cmu.edu (Nicholas Spies) (12/21/86)
For those who have asked about FORTH books, may I suggest: FORTH: A Text and Reference by M. Kelly, N. Spies (Prentice-Hall) In 500 pages it covers FORTH-79, FORTH-83 and extensions modelled on those included with MMSFORTH (strings, arrays and various utilities). It covers the basics for beginners but goes much further than Brodie or Winfield in developing applications (a simple file system and a full-screen editor) for study or modification. Many exercises are provided for class use or self-study. The last three chapters reveal how an indirect-threaded Forth operates and how to use assembler in FORTH. Over 100 pages are devoted to glossaries of Forth words and terms, Forth resources, answers to exercises and full index. (Caveat emptor: I am co-author.) Nick Spies (ns@gnome.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA) Center for Art and Technology CFA 111 Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
rvk@houdi.UUCP (R.KLINE) (08/10/87)
I'd like the name of a good introductory book on FORTH. thanks. -r. kline
penberth@nucsrl.UUCP (Louise Penberthy) (08/12/87)
Why not "Starting FORTH" by Leo Brodie? It suffers from chattiness, but is a readable book. -- Louise Penberth Dept. of CS Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60201 P.S. Typo -- my last name is Penberthy. I don't know this editor very well.