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From: rotberg@dms.UUCP (Ed Rotberg)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth.mac
Subject: Re: A PD/shareware/freeware Forth for a MacPlus??
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Date: 11 Sep 90 15:32:04 GMT
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Organization: Atari Games Inc., Milpitas, CA
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From article <3329.26eca9e1@cc.curtin.edu.au>, by Lewis_P@cc.curtin.edu.au (Peter Lewis):
>    I am looking for a PD/shareware/freeware Forth interpreter for a MacPlus.
> Is MacForth such a beast (or is it commercial)?  If not is there any others?
> TIA for any information,

MacForth (Creative Solutions) is a commercial Forth product, as is Mach II
Forth from Palo Alto Shipping.  I have used both, but not for some time now,
and I really can't vouch for the state of their current compatability with
recent Mac systems.  MacForth is a more traditional Forth environment, but
Mach II had some really nifty features like named parameter input, and standard
text file sourse instead of Forth Blocks.  It was also, as I recall, a lot
cheaper than MacForth, and had excellent support.

As for a PD/Shareware Forth, your best bet would be contact FIG, wherever they
are these days...

	- Ed Rotberg -