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Subject: LEARNING FORTH
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Date: 21 Dec 89 03:20:31 GMT
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 Date: 12-19-89 (23:42)              Number: 494 (Echo)
   To: GORDON GANDERTON              Refer#: 507
 From: JACK BROWN                      Read: NO
 Subj: LEARNING FORTH                Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE

 GG>But MVPforth is recommended for starting with forth 79. Then, I have
 GG>Abundance and FPC and should I d/l FPC 3.5. What to do! What to do!

 Well...  I shall putting up the latest version of Guy Kelly's PC-Forth83
 which he claims is the best system to learn on!  So then you will have
 another choice to ponder.  I have a colleague who wants to learn Forth
 too but he won't sit down at the keyboard!  Wants to learn it by reading
 books!

 So if you want to learn Forth...  pick a system,... any of those you
 mentioned will do but the best one would be the one that you know your
 colleagues and associates use.  That way you are more likely to get help
 with your problems.  We have a number of people in the BC Fig chapter
 that use F-PC.  Dave Brown, me, Zafar Essak, Kenneth O'Heskin, Roger
 Bicknell, ...  just to mention a few that come to mind.

 Once you pick a system then stick with it and write code.  If you can't
 write any code then try someone else's code and modify it (improve it!).
 If it breaks find out why and fix it! Then you will have learned
 something new.


 GG>What to do!. Have you discontinued the tutorial or am I missing
 GG>something after lesson 5???

 Well...  yes....  I must agree it looks like it has been discontinued
 but in fact it is only stuck!  I'll try and get started again...  In the
 mean time if you are looking for something to program why not try one of
 the puzzles that I have been posting in the  PEER (ECFB) or REVIEW
 (BCFB) conference.
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