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- Subject: Forth FAQ: Forth for the MAC. (l/m 26.May.93)
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- Date: 23 Jun 93 11:10:55 GMT
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- Last-modified: 26.May.93
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- Where can I find a Forth for the MAC?
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- From: wmb@Eng.Sun.COM (Mitch Bradley)
- Subject: Re: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (version 1.2)
- Date: 19 Apr 91 14:13:49 PDT (Fri)
-
- Forthmacs by Bradley Forthware is also available for the
- Macintosh. This is the same Forth that is the basis of Sun's
- Open Boot firmware. Macintosh Forthmacs costs $50 for working
- disk+manual, and $50 extra for source code.
-
- Forthmacs is available for the following machines: Atari ST,
- Macintosh (I and II), OS-9, Sun (680x0 and SPARC), NeXT.
-
- Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM
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- Date: Fri, 14 May 93 07:45:07 EST
- From: mikeh@kralizec.zeta.org.au (Michael Hore)
-
- Mach2 is now defunct. Palo Alto Shipping are no longer
- supporting it. I think the only commercial Forth for the Mac is
- MacForth, from Creative Solutions.
-
- Yerk and Mops are probably worth a mention, since although PD,
- they are derived from a former commercial product (Neon), and so
- are large, and capable of full-scale development. They are
- being kept fully up to date with the latest Macs and systems.
- Mops has an ANSI prologue, intended to give ANSI compliance.
-
- Both are available for ftp from oddjob.uchicago.edu.
-
- Pocket Forth is also worth a mention, as a very good quality
- small-scale PD Forth.
-
- It may also be worth checking if Mitch Bradley's Forthmacs is
- still being supported for the Mac -- I haven't seen it myself,
- or heard of anyone else using it. Maybe I just haven't been
- listening in the right places. But as Apple's system keeps
- developing, if something isn't actively kept up to date, it can
- lose its usefulness very quickly.
-
- Mike Hore mikeh@kralizec.zeta.org.au
-
-
-
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 00:09:27 -0700
- From: Scott Squires <scotts@well.sf.ca.us>
-
- Creative Solutions
- 4701 Randolph Road, Suite 12
- Rockville, Maryland 20852
- (301) 984-0262
- Orders 1-800-FORTH-OK
-
- On CompuServe 'GO FORTH' at prompt to Forth SIG sponsored by
- Creative Solutions. They're also on AppleLink but I don't have
- an address.
-
- MacForth is a complete programming system for the Mac with
- support for just about all Mac toolbox routines. Floating
- point, graphics, assembler, GUI, etc. all supported. Ability
- to make snapshot versions of applications (save version with
- your code/extensions added in a working environment). Ability
- to make turnkeys where the vocabulary is removed.
-
- Standalone code generation is supported for creating CDEVs, Desk
- Accesories, Plug-Ins, cdefs, etc.
-
- Source code editing in interactive text editor (full source
- included). Type in code, execute, display results directly in
- your text file if desired.
-
- Object Oriented extensions included.
-
- Tools Disks available and on-line code/support available on
- CompuServe.
-
- Hot Line phone support available as well.
-
- System 7 supported.
-
-
-
- [In addition, there are several PD/Shareware MAC Forth's available
- on many BBoard systems and other libraries. See "Forth FAQ:
- ForthNet: What and how?" and "Forth FAQ: Libraries: Where and how?"
- more info on BBoard and library access. -dwp]
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