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Subject: Atari ST Public Domain L&P F83 FORTH ?
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Date: 26 Nov 90 02:43:53 GMT
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Category 1,  Topic 37
Message 10        Sun Nov 25, 1990
B.RODRIGUEZ2 [Brad]          at 12:23 EST
 
Secret?  Commercial potential?  Naaah.  I'm still tinkering with the pattern
matching system that I presented at FORML last year.  (I'm implementing the
functions of SNOBOL under Forth.)  Among other things, I'm planning to add
list processing a la Alexander Sakharov. One of the problems with my PC
version is that my memory allocator was limited to single-cell addresses, so I
really want to move to a 32-bit Forth, i.e., my ST.  Having 2+ meg is also
quite useful in large list- and pattern-processing applications.

I'm also contemplating a simple RAM-resident database for "internal use", and
2 meg sounds a lot better than the 500K or so I have left under DOS.

I must admit, Wilson's latest posting has sparked my interest in his PIC
Forth, and I'm looking forward to downloading a copy.  It is on GEnie, yes?

- Brad
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