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 [[http://forth.org/whatis.html|Forth]] is a stack-based, RPN-format programming language created by [[https://colorforth.github.io/|Charles H. Moore]] and first released in 1970.  [[http://forth.org/whatis.html|Forth]] is a stack-based, RPN-format programming language created by [[https://colorforth.github.io/|Charles H. Moore]] and first released in 1970. 
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 +There are two Forth implementation available.
  
 **FORTH-10** is a Forth language interpreter included in the Panda TOPS-20 distribution. The anonymous programmer describes the implementation as "NOT totally standard". MIDAS assembly language source is available in file ''TOPS20:<UTILITIES>FORTH.MID''. **FORTH-10** is a Forth language interpreter included in the Panda TOPS-20 distribution. The anonymous programmer describes the implementation as "NOT totally standard". MIDAS assembly language source is available in file ''TOPS20:<UTILITIES>FORTH.MID''.
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 +**FORTH** is another interpreter originally written on the MIT AI lab DEC-20 called OZ, by John Wilson.
  
 ====== Survival Guide ====== ====== Survival Guide ======
  
-Start the interpreter on TWENEX with the command ''FORTH''. If you have not created an [[#start-up_file|auto-load file]], FORTH-10 will respond with the default greeting and prompt.+Start the interpreter on TWENEX with the command ''FORTH-10''. If you have not created an [[#start-up_file|auto-load file]], FORTH-10 will respond with the default greeting and prompt.
  
-  @FORTH+  @FORTH-10
   FORTH-10   Type QUIT to exit.   FORTH-10   Type QUIT to exit.
    Ok    Ok
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 Forth source files can be prepared with any editor. Load and interpret source files in FORTH-10 with the command ''LOAD "//file//"''. Forth source files can be prepared with any editor. Load and interpret source files in FORTH-10 with the command ''LOAD "//file//"''.
  
-===== Hello, World! =====+====== Hello, World! ======
  
   : HELLO CR ." "HELLO, WORLD!" CR ; Ok   : HELLO CR ." "HELLO, WORLD!" CR ; Ok
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 At start-up, FORTH-10 searches the user's log-in directory for a file named ''AUTO-LOAD.4TH''. If such a file exists, it is loaded automatically. If the file does not exist, FORTH-10 displays a standard greeting message. At start-up, FORTH-10 searches the user's log-in directory for a file named ''AUTO-LOAD.4TH''. If such a file exists, it is loaded automatically. If the file does not exist, FORTH-10 displays a standard greeting message.
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 +====== Reference ======
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 +//Starting FORTH// is the standard introductory text for the Forth language.
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 +* Leo Brody, //Starting FORTH//. Forth, Inc. https://www.forth.com/starting-forth/. [Accessed January 8, 2022.]
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tutorials/forth.txt ยท Last modified: 2022/06/07 02:10 by rcs

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