Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!carroll From: carroll@udel.edu (Mark Carroll ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Minimal Forth Message-ID: <27643@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 16 Aug 90 17:13:11 GMT Sender: usenet@ee.udel.edu Reply-To: carroll@udel.edu (Mark C. Carroll ) Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: dewey.udel.edu I'm considering writing up a very small Forth for fun. Of course, being a little bit crazy, I have absolutely no "real" reference on Forth. (I've got the manual to Amiga MultiForth, source to AForth, source to tile, and a fragmented basis12.) What I'm wondering is: what is the absolute minimum set of words necessary to create a forth interpreter? That is, what minimum set of words would I need to be able to write all of the other words in Forth? For anyone who cares, I'll probably do this on my Amiga. (There's a very outside chance that I might dare to try it on the Suns, but I doubt it. I'd rather not muck about in machine language across the network.) -- |Mark Craig Carroll: |"We the people want it straight for a change; |Soon-to-be Grad Student at| cos we the people are getting tired of your games; |University of Delaware | If you insult us with cheap propaganda; |carroll@udel.edu | We'll elect a precedent to a state of mind" -Fish