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From: tpm@engineering.cambridge.ac.UK (tim marsland)
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Subject: Re: Forth for a SPARC
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Date: 27 May 90 23:08:51 GMT
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In article <9005211402.AA06458@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> you write:
>Does anyone know of a Forth that will run on a SPARC?  Preferably
>public domain, but I will take whatever I can get.

me too!  i confess that i can't quite follow comp.lang.forth at present,
since it seems to be a repost of some other bb, but i'm glad you asked
that question.  there is a `cforth' interpreter available in volume 1
of comp.sources.unix that might be a base from which to start.. but i
think that it looks a bit ropey.

here's an extract from the documentation..

|C-FORTH: a portable, C-coded figFORTH interpreter.
|
|Written by Allan Pratt; completed April 1985.
|
|This is a FORTH interpreter written entirely in portable C and FORTH. It
|requires nothing more than a decent C compiler to use.  It is not exactly
|fast or efficient, but it is a true FORTH interpreter.
|
|The features include:
|
|Bootstrapping threaded definitions from a near-FORTH dictionary file.
|Block file I/O.
|Execution tracing and single-stepping.
|Breakpoint detection, dumping the stack at the breakpoint.
|Saving and automatic restoration of the FORTH environment.
|Ability to convert the block file to a line-editor-compatible file, and back.
|
|Included with the interpreter is a block file containing:
|
|An UNTHREAD utility.
|A screen editor with key-binding and cursor-addressing.

>Robert A. Zeh
>razeh@rodan.acs.syr.edu   |   "Conditioning is an explanation, not an
>razeh@sunrise.bitnet      |    excuse." -  Spider Robinson

i'd be interested to hear any other replies you get..

tim