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1 total messages Started by Doug Hall Sun, 25 Mar 1984 04:41
Wanted: A good Forth for the Apple
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Author: Doug Hall
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 1984 04:41
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[les bugs ont faim, n'est-ce pas?]

     Does anyone know of a GOOD implementation of Forth for the Apple //
or //e? I have MVP Forth, but it just doesn't seem to be as fast as I
think a proper Forth should be. I'm new to Forth, so I may be mistaken,
but I think MVP Forth has a small kernal, with the majority of the words
actually written in Forth. I also have GraForth, which is much faster
than MVP Forth but is primarily a graphics implementation, and won't
let me use the 80 column text screen.
     I don't want to hear anything like "Why don't you modify what you
have to give you the features you want? That's the neat thing about
Forth!" I like Forth, but I want to use it, not spend all my time messing
with it just to get it to run on my machine. In short, I want to tailor
the language to my application. I don't want to have to tailor it to
my machine first.
     Can anyone help me with this? Is there anyone else out there using
Forth on an Apple // or //e? Mail replies to me, and if there is interest
I'll post a summary.

                                  Doug Hall
                                  ITT Telecommunications
                                  Business & Consumer Communications
                                  ittvax!ittral!hall
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