Forth for UN*X 5.0?

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1 total messages Started by tim born Fri, 20 Jul 1984 13:49

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Author: tim born
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 1984 13:49

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I'm trying to locate a version of forth that runs on UN*X 5.0.
I saw the sources posted for forth for BSD4.1, but they don't compile
for me.  It blows up at the include of syscall.h in forth1.S.
Does UN*X 5.0 have a syscall.h?  If not, how do I get around this problem?
I'm not much of a VAX assembly hacker, so I'm having a hard time at this.

I thought forth was a small language.  Why is it a micro can implement 
forth in 8Kb, and the VAX requires 350Kb of source for the same language?

What is to prevent a forth interpreter being written in C?  Seems like this
approach would be more portable.  (Maybe I'm just biased towards higher level
languages.)

Any leads to a forth for UN*X 5.0, or a VAX assembly hacker much appreciated.

Thanks,

tim born
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