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| From | Unknown <dog@gmail.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | rainbowforth ? |
| Date | 2015-11-12 02:37 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <pan.2015.11.12.02.37.46@gmail.com> (permalink) |
It seems that the forth community mocks colorforth?
IMO color is a cheap way to reduce the initial mental load; like menus.
I fetched colorforth, but I don't have W32 access, so I noticed that
rainbowforth claims to run on linux.
After compiling, running ./rainbowforth displays a nice 'frame'
block=0 column=0 row=0
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|MASTER LOAD BLOCK |
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|1 22 thru Load basic system |
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+----------------------------------------------------------------+
F2=create F3=execute F4=compile F5=inline F6=lookup F7=variable
F8=comment
Ctrl-X=cut Ctrl-C=copy Ctrl-V=paste
Ctrl-G=goto Ctrl-R=run Ctrl-Q=quit
I don't know why/what the initial text in the editor means.
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Appropriatly colored, I entered:
pi 22 7 dup ;
[red yellow grn] and Ctrl-R=run gives: unknown word 'dup'
It looks as if it hasn't got access to 'the primitives'.
Just to confirm my expectations of the interpreter loop,
I ran gforth:---
-> chroot /mnt/hdc6 gforth ==
Gforth 0.6.2, Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Gforth comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `license'
Type `bye' to exit
2 3 + . 5 ok
7 4 - . 3 ok
bye
In principle, the mental aid from color-info would allow one to
start using forth, without first getting-married-to-it.
You'll build fluency by usage, like a child learns.
That's cost effective.
How do I make this baby talk ?
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rainbowforth ? Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 02:37 +0000
Re: rainbowforth ? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-11 19:49 -0800
Re: rainbowforth ? Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2015-11-11 23:46 -0800
Re: rainbowforth ? WhoCares@gmail.com - 2015-11-26 06:56 +0000
Re: rainbowforth ? Pablo Hugo Reda <pabloreda@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 02:24 -0800
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