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| From | Bill Richards <billrich@gmx.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: Collector's item or useful textbook? |
| Date | 2013-10-29 18:41 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <l4ovgs$jtp$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
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On 2013-10-29, Elizabeth D. Rather <erather@forth.com> wrote: > On 10/29/13 3:44 AM, Marc Olschok wrote: >> Bill Richards <billrich@gmx.com> wrote: >>> I just purchased a copy of Starting Forth. It's the 1981 version in nearly >>> perfect condition. Is this merely a collector's item or can you still learn >>> Forth from it? >> >> You can certainly learn something from it. But note that the first >> edition was alread followed in 1987 by a second edition (and of course >> thers is now a web-edition). So you would probably need to watch out >> for outdated items in your copy and perhaps supplement it with present >> material. I'm glad I found this copy anyway. It's in great shape and was very cheap. Maybe I'll win the lottery and find the 2nd edition as well. Thanks for the info. >> > > The web edition is a modified version of the First Ed., so is in some > ways more current and in other ways less. Oh, I did not realize that. > > The biggest structural difficulty with SF is that it assumes an > implementation strategy that many modern systems don't use, including > the use of blocks or screens for storage of source. They also ignore > many aspects of modern usage, such as floating point, text files, host > OS compatibility, etc. Thanks. That's helpful to know. Bill
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Collector's item or useful textbook? Bill Richards <billrich@gmx.com> - 2013-10-28 09:42 +0000
Re: Collector's item or useful textbook? m.a.m.hendrix@tue.nl - 2013-10-28 02:47 -0700
Re: Collector's item or useful textbook? Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-28 04:26 -0700
Re: Collector's item or useful textbook? Bill Richards <billrich@gmx.com> - 2013-10-28 15:43 +0000
Re: Collector's item or useful textbook? Marc Olschok <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2013-10-29 13:44 +0000
Re: Collector's item or useful textbook? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-10-29 08:20 -1000
Re: Collector's item or useful textbook? Bill Richards <billrich@gmx.com> - 2013-10-29 18:41 +0000
Re: Collector's item or useful textbook? Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-30 05:18 -0700
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