Questions tagged [forth]
For questions about FORTH (sometimes written Forth), an early programming language with a syntax resembling Reverse Polish Notation.
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How to best use IX as a return stack
I'm new to Z80 assembler and am porting a Forth interpreter from a J1 stack machine to a Z80 based board. The Z80 port uses SP for the data stack, and IX for the return stack. The port uses a normal ...
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How did LaFarr Stuart's "Forth without an input buffer" work?
In Thinking Forth (also here), Leo Brodie writes: LaFarr Stuart...didn't like the input buffer, so he implemented Forth without it, and discovered that he didn't really need an input buffer. How is ...
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4 votes
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Reference material for building a DIY Stack Computer from Logic Gates
I've been following Ben Eater's series of videos about designing a small computer from discrete logic gates, I'm curious if there is a similar tutorial/book/reference for building a stack computer. I ...
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Early Forth for personal computers
What were the earliest Forth programming language implementations for 8-bit personal computers? Was it FIG Forth? Or a predecessor? Or some other development? Why did Forth lose its relative ...
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