On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 09:47:15AM +0100, Robert Wilkinson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 01:35:30PM +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > Hello, just subscribed to the list and hence my first post here. > > > > First time on Forth and so with GForth. > > > > Have been advised to work through "Starting Forth", but looks like the > > exercises and examples won't work under GForth, might be because > > "Starting Forth" doesn't use ANS Forth. > > > > Any suggestions about how I could self-train with GForth while working > > through "Starting Forth" would be much appreciated. :) > > If not at all possible, would the listas be kind enough to suggest an > > implementation of Forth which supports "Starting Forth" well? > > I'm under Ubuntu Server 13.10 on an Intel 64-bit machine. > > > > Thanks, > > > > ~Mayuresh > > Hello > > I would suggest working through "Starting Forth" and if there are > any specific inconsistencies that you can not reconcile then ask for > advice. > > As far as I can remember it was not too far from gforth.
Thanks for this tip Robert, will dig in as soon as I'm done with the preparatory mathematics and "computer organization" material. ~Mayuresh
