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From: sstewart@x102a.harris-atd.com (stewart scot 63920)
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Subject: Thanks...Amiga Forth quest. answered
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Date: 7 Feb 90 14:46:29 GMT
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SYNOPSIS:
 Several weeks ago I asked for information concerning Amiga
 Forth....... to all those who responded thanks.  I am new to 
 Forth so I apologize for any misconceptions I might give below.
 Sorry I could not respond to everyone directly but our 
 gateway is finicky about some return-paths. (I haven't figured
 it out yet).

SUMMARY:
 I am sure this will raise a response or two, but
 it seems that Forth can do everything that C can do 
 (graphics, sound, analysis, etc.).  The Forth standard seems to be F83.

Good reference books are:
 _Starting Forth_, Leo Brodie, Prentice-Hall, 1987.
 _Thinking Forth_, Leo Brodie, Prentice-Hall, ?.
 _Threaded Interpretive Languages_, Loeliger, BYTE Books, 1981.

Commercial Packages:
 JForth seems to be everyone's favorite (Version 2.0, $150).
 Lots of people suggested getting JForth's demo fish disks.
 
 JForth V2.0 contains an all in one code developer package: editors, 
 debuggers, the clone utility etc.  Version 2.0 contains the 
 Clone utility which takes a JForth compatable program and 
 compilies it to form a stand-alone application that you can 
 run from AmigaDOS. I understand that the speed and size of 
 a cloned application is comparable to a C-coded application.
 
Public Domain:
 I obtained a public domain Forth package (A4th version 1.5) from
 cs.utah.edu.  A4th is a Laxen and Perry clone.  Laxen and Perry
 wrote a Forth system for the PC-DOS machines some time ago.  From
 what I can tell, A4th is a good package although I wish it had
 more documentation on how to just load and run something.  If you
 are interested in Forth, A4th would be a good place to start.
					- Scot H. Stewart
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