books

[Colin Plumb]

In article <42...@umcp-cs.UUCP> ri...@umcp-cs.UUCP (Rimas Blekaitis) writes:
> I'm new to this group. Can anyone recommend a good book from which to
>learn forth? E mail or post here or both. Thanks in advance.

Since this is a general sort of question, and net.lang.forth *needs* more
traffic (hint, hint) I'll reply by posting.

The 'standard' beginners' book is Leo Brodie's _Starting_Forth_.
It's well written and easy to follow. Another book that I've found good
is _Mastering_Forth_, by Anita Anderson and Martin Tracy. It's almost as
clear as _Starting_Forth_, and it uses the Forth-83 standard, which is nice.
(_Starting_Forth_ uses the F-79 standard, since it was written before '83.)

In both books, be careful of the chapter on the editor. Editors aren't
standardized betwen Forths, and both books teach the editor used by the Forth
their employers supply. This may not be the same as yours.

I hope this helps.

-Colin Plumb (ccp...@watnot.UUCP)

Zippy says:
An INK-LING? Sure -- TAKE one!! Did you BUY any COMMUNIST UNIFORMS??

P.S. I guess I really should use comp.lang.forth, shouldn't I?