8-bit FORTH

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Thu Nov 12 11:14:56 1998

< Another project in the tapes is an 'OS' based on a Byte book called
< 'Threaded Interpretive Languages' - just curious what opionions
< are out there about FORTH as an 8-bit os. It seemed like just
< the right balance of control - not as terse as assembly, and
< not as handcuff'd as BASIC.

Forth is a good language for 8bit cpus. It also suffers from a
love/hate thing. People either love it or hate it. The Walnut Creek
CDrom had several versions of Forth on it including FIG Forth.

< APL? Is there a Tiny-C available somewhere?

I have Tiny-c Interpreter manual and listings for both PDP-11 and 8080.
You would ahve to resolve copyright issues as it's not public domain.
It was inexpensive and sources provided but otherwise standard copyright.

FYI: it was supplied in many formats

Another language was BASEX and that was also a Paperbytes book. It was a
cross between asm and basic. It's features were compiled, fast, compact
and sources provided. The version I have ran under NS*dos.


Allison
Received on Thu Nov 12 1998 - 11:14:56 GMT