Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utai.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!utai!murrax From: murrax@utai.UUCP (Murray Sherk) Newsgroups: net.lang.forth Subject: How do I get FORTHMACS? Message-ID: <1963@utai.UUCP> Date: Wed, 9-Jul-86 14:00:09 EDT Article-I.D.: utai.1963 Posted: Wed Jul 9 14:00:09 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jul-86 14:43:09 EDT Distribution: net Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 17 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** FORTHMACS sounds interesting but how can I get ahold of a copy to evaluate (without sending in $50)? It sounds good but I want to check it out. E.g. Is the FORTH image savable as a PRG file with different names? (like Holmes & Duckworth FORTH, unlike 4xFORTH) Would it be out of line to send some more info about it over the net? It's not really a commercial product since it is shareware. I'm sure several people would be interested in a more detailed summary of its features. The tradeoffs that should be made in a modern FORTH system could lead to a lot of interesting discussion too. In my ST system I don't care much about saving memory but I am very concerned with convenience and speed. A directly threaded (i.e. JSR JSR ... JMP instead of an interpreter and ... in the parameter field) version of FORTH makes more sense for me, right? Wrong? --Murray Sherk University of Toronto