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- ║ Lesson 1 Part 7.0 F-PC 3.5 Tutorial by Jack Brown ║
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- We will not be following any book in particular but will gradually
- develop the tutorial material along the lines that we have found to be
- successful. We will slowly develop new ideas introducing a few new
- words each time we study a different program. You may, however, like to
- study other books to get new examples and ideas. The best books in my
- opinion are the following. Get the ones at the top of the list first!
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- 1) Starting Forth (2nd edition) by Leo Brodie, pub. Prentice Hall
- 2) Thinking Forth by Leo Brodie, pub. Prentice Hall
- 3) FORTH: A Text and Reference by Kelly and Spies, pub. Prentice Hall
- 4) Mastering Forth (2nd edition) by Anderson and Tracy, pub. Brady
- 5) Object Oriented Forth by Dick Pountain, pub. Academic Press
- 6) Designing and Programming by Townsend and Feucht, pub. Tab Books
- Personal Expert Systems
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- ║ Problem 1.4 ║
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- * Use the words : HBAR CR ." *****" ;
- * and : VBAR CR ." *" CR ." * " ;
- * to construct the word " L "
- * as shown at the right when it is executed.
- *****
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- Do the same for the letters I F and E. Finally create LIFE that will
- display the word LIFE in large type vertically down the page.
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- ║ Problem 1.5 ║
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- Write a FORTH word using the ideas we developed in CHECKER_BOARD to
- write your initials in large block letters about two inches high by one
- inch wide. Upload you solution as a message, the most elegant solution
- will win a prize! How much work would it take to generalize you program
- so that you could include all letters of the alphabet? Could you type:
- J A C K <enter> and see this name on the screen in large block letters?
- This last request may be a bit ambitious at this time but it is
- something you might be thinking about.
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