Re: [gforth] starting forth

[Mayuresh Kathe]

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