Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter.

From	"Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm>
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Subject	Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter.
Date	2012-04-11 19:00 -0400
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"Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> wrote in message
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> "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> wrote in message
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> > "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> wrote in message
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> > > "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> wrote in message
> > > news:jkgbte$3f7$1@speranza.aioe.org...
> > > ...
> > >
> > > > unimplemented such as (?DO) and ?DO etc
> > >
> > > Ok, DO and ?DO and related words (DO) and (?DO) are complete and work
> > > with LOOP and +LOOP.
> > >
> >
> > Actually they had a couple of errors ...
> >
> > > Now, it's on to LEAVE, and testing POSTPONE, etc.
> > >
> >
> > POSTPONE works.  COMPILE, works.  RECURSE works.  DO ?DO LOOP
> > +LOOP seem to be working correctly now ...  LEAVE is unimplemented.
> > CELLS and CHARS still need * multiply which is simple and be a primitive
> > or low-level word.  I just haven't gotten to it yet.
> >
>
> Well, I implemented some more words:
>
> .S #TIB * / MOD /MOD 2* 2/ AHEAD DEPTH DUMP
> ERASE MAX MIN MOVE SOURCE
>
> So, the similar words FILL MOVE CMOVE ERASE are all completed.
>
> In the process, I eliminated a few primitives and added others.  I only
> need about four words to run a couple of Forth tests.  I also added Forth
> text versions of CMOVE and LIT . LIT is still available internally as a
> primitive and won't be eliminated due to dependence of the interpreter
> upon it.  CMOVE is used only once internally as pre-compiled Forth.
> So, it may be replaced by the Forth text version in the future.
>
> I also found a variety of bugs, mostly un-dropped stack values with
> IF-ELSE-THENs around DO-LOOPs.  LEAVE is still not implemented.
> I might look at implenting SEE next.  I need to get to PICK and ROLL.
> I should be able to do LSHIFT and RSHIFT now.  Also, FIND as Forth
> text is still waiting for my attention ...  That leaves about 50 ANS core
> and core extension words to do, by name at least.  Although, some of those
> are obsolete.  Most of these seem to be related to doubles, "numeric
> conversion", or "mass storage I/O".  Although, many of my definitions
> are not ANS compliant.  Some have different parameters, e.g., COMPARE,
> while others used reduced definitions, e.g., SOURCE.
>
> Since my interpreter is in C, I'm also thinking about implementing a Forth
> word to load entire files of Forth source text via name.  This behavior is
> already present to load the initial dictionary, but is not accessible from
> Forth.  I'm thinking about calling it FLOAD if that's not in use ...
>

Apparently, FLOAD as I was imagining it would end up being nearly identical
to ANS' INCLUDE , but with a slightly different syntax.  So, there may be no
need for FLOAD ...

> I also have a word that I named 'LAST which returns the CFA of the LAST
> (or LATEST) word, i.e., ' of LAST, instead of the NFA (fig-Forth LATEST)
> or the start of dictionary entry (Forth-83 LAST).  Is there another name
> for this?  I've found I'm using it a bit for debugging, so I wondered if
> there was a standard name.  I don't see any mention of LAST or LATEST
> in Forth-79 or ANS-94 or related words.
>

Ok, it seems no one knows, or no one cares about 'LAST.


And, I implemented a few more words ...  Oh, I seem to be on a tear now!

SP! DP! RP! SP@ DEPTH ABS <= >= 2+ 2-
2ROT -2ROT NAND NOR .( LSHIFT RSHIFT

I'm not sure how I missed .(  Also, implementing SEE may be an issue since I
have some words without dictionary headers ...

So, maybe 2VARIABLE 2CONSTANT 2LITERAL PICK and ROLL are up next.
I need to look at :NONAME .  And, I need to find out if Forth-79 and
Forth-83 word SET is still used.


Rod Pemberton

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