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Had a quick look at SuperForth F83 many years ago, but for some reason author has encoded it, easier to write new one from scratch. I contacted Gerry Jackson, the author of SuperForth, and he confirmed the code is not encoded or obfuscated. He provided some details about the implementation, for exa...

programandala.net wrote: The SuperForth words.

Everything is normal. The strange results were caused by a bug in my definition of `>name`, as I explained in the Forth email list. The table has been updated.

Had a quick look at SuperForth F83 many years ago, but for some reason author has encoded it, easier to write new one from scratch. Do you mean this?: The SuperForth words It has been a surprise. Then I remembered you mention something related here. Maybe you remember some details? I'm discussing t...

: S" ( S" ..." --- adr n ) I suggest using standard notation for representing the input stream in stack effects, and also strings: : S" ( "ccc<quote>" --- c-addr u ) I myself use a different convention I find clearer: : S" ( "text<quote>" --- ca len ) (A...

I forgot how to copy a directory tree with real directories. I'm using SMSQmulator, and I need to copy the contents of a .win file to a bigger one. But `wcopy` or the QPAC2 tools just copy the files with filename pseudo-directories, the old way. I think there was a way to do this, but I can not reme...

: CHAR BL WORD 1+ C@ ; : [CHAR] CHAR ; IMMEDIATE [/code] By the way, you forgot to compile the character in `[CHAR]`: : [CHAR] CHAR [COMPILE] LITERAL ; IMMEDIATE Also, `s"` would be more useful (and standard) if you make it immediate and state-smart, so at run-time it will return the address, ...

Hi, I was thinking about strings, how they work etc. I looked at this site http://www.forth.com/starting-forth/sf11/sf11.html and read the tutorial for beginners. My definition of strings below, not perfect, but it DOES> things, it's fun :-) Nice work, Tom! SuperForth provides words to define and m...

FLP_USE FDD SUB_USE FLP SUB_USE 1,SF Where SF is the directory holding the SuperForth files Just need to LRUN FLP1_BOOT to run Superforth Editor Thank you for trying on other emulators (In order to try QCP2 and Q-emuLator I have to use a different machine). But I think you're missing SUB_DRV. By de...

A possible solution this this would be to use SUB by Phil Borman. SUB allows substitution of directories to a single device called SUB, much like DEV, but work better. Thank you. I didn't remember that useful extension. I have included it into my boot and tried it with SuperForth, following your ex...

The way blocks are managed in the two FORTH machines that I know are running on the QL (the Computer One FORTH and the Digital Precision SuperFORTH) are completely opposed and I prefer the Computer One way : I have used both systems, and I agree with you. The way Computer One Forth handles block is...