sharp@usceast.UUCP (01/17/87)
[see, this line eater is really very tame..I can even <munch>] Does anyone know of a PD version of Forth for either BSD 4.2, VMS, or MS-DOS? A few of us down here are interested in Forth for various reasons but don't have a Forth system available, except for C-64's |-(. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks. Harry Sharp [=============================================================================] ============ USMail : Dept of Computer Science, USC, Columbia, SC 29208 | o/o | BITNET : T170126 @ UNIVSCVM | /_ | | UUCP : {from elsewhere}{ihnp4!}akgua!usceast!sharp | ) | | | / | | | ============ Disclaimer : No one claims MY opinions. I KEEL them! [=============================================================================] Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth,comp.sys.ibm-pc,comp.wanted.sources Subject: PD Forth Compiler/Interpreter Sender: Harry Sharp Reply-To: sharp@usceast.UUCP (Harry Sharp) Followup-To: same Distribution: net Organization: Csci Dept, University of South Carolina,Columbia Keywords: Forth, freeware [see, this line eater is really very tame..I can even <munch>] Does anyone know of a PD version of Forth for either BSD 4.2, VMS, or MS-DOS? A few of us down here are interested in Forth for various reasons but don't have a Forth system available, except for C-64's |-(. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks. Harry Sharp [=============================================================================] ============ USMail : Dept of Computer Science, USC, Columbia, SC 29208 | o/o | BITNET : T170126 @ UNIVSCVM | /_ | | UUCP : {from elsewhere}{ihnp4!}akgua!usceast!sharp | ) | | | / | | | ============ Disclaimer : No one claims MY opinions. I KEEL them! [=============================================================================]
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