Re: [gforth] starting forth

[Robert Wilkinson]

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.

Bob