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From: cfh6r@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU (Carl F. Huber)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Good book for beginner?
Message-ID: <2581@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU>
Date: 2 Aug 88 19:24:00 GMT
References: <10483@stb.UUCP>
Reply-To: cfh6r@uvacs.cs.virginia.edu.UUCP (Carl F. Huber)
Organization: U.Va. CS dept.  Charlottesville, VA
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In article <10483@stb.UUCP> michael@stb.UUCP (Michael) writes:
>What is a good forth book for a complete beginner to the language?

Get Forth : A Text and Reference, by Kelly and Spies.  Kelly is a 
biologist type (who puts computer science types to shame).  The book
was written for anyone starting Forth, and has been used in graduate
and undergraduate level classes (taught by Kelly), consisting of
people having from no experience with computers to Masters degrees in
computer science, in the same class at the same time.  The book worked
well for all of them.  It is easy to read and follow, is packed with
information, and also has an abundant supply of problems with solutions.
Problems may take from a few moments (most of them) to an hour (a few)
to solve, and they get the points across.

have fun

--carl huber

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