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Discussion about Forth.
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Finding Forth host type
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I would like a portable way for an ANS program to distinguish which platform its being loaded onto, so that it can decide which way to do things the TC didn't think of. An environment variable for that would be nice -- is it included in Forth 200x (better make that 201x)? -Brad
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Calling C functions from Forth
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Hello out there, after a loooong absence from Forth (approx. 30 years) I am having an interesting time getting used to it again. I am using pForth (a "C Forth") - running on Windows for ease of experimenting and porting it to a small ARM processor (the ultimately planned target). I don't know yet whether pForth will be the final... more »
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Online math-coding contest
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Hi , we gladly invite you to take part in Athena - the Online Math Coding Contest of Kurukshetra 2010 , the International Techo-Management Fest organised by College Of Engineering Guindy , India under the patronage of UNESCO . Here's your chance to lock horns against the best minds across the globe and showcase your algorithmic prowess and mathematical acumen !!... more »
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jonesforth "Killed" error
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Hello, The instructions for jonesforth say to call gcc like so: gcc -m32 -nostdlib -static -Wl,-Ttext,0 -Wl,--build-id=none -o jonesforth jonesforth.S However, the resulting binary doesn't seem to work correctly: $ cat jonesforth.f - | ./jonesforth Killed On the other hand, this produces a binary which runs:... more »
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novice.4th
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Here is the complete collection: [link] I will likely upgrade novice.4th with yet more code soon, but that won't break anything in this version. BTW, there has been some comment on c.l.f. about FIG's website being down a lot. I asked the webmaster about that and he said it was mostly... more »
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BUILDS>
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Just interested in how the old BUILDS> word works. I'm aware of DOES> obviously, but it seems that BUILDS> was replaced in favour in DOES> What is the difference between them? Does any one have an advantage over the other? Just curious. Mark
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