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- From: bible@iastate.edu (Anthony E Bible)
- Subject: Re: Survey
- Message-ID: <BzEsnn.B7J@news.iastate.edu>
- Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- References: <Bz95uE.AB7@news.iastate.edu> <1992Dec15.152241.549@hhcs.gov.au>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 15:06:57 GMT
- Lines: 90
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- In article <1992Dec15.152241.549@hhcs.gov.au> anderpe@hhcs.gov.au writes:
- >--
- >Hi, i have just gained access to this thread. I have had a long but not
- >involved association with Forth (IBM-PC and Commodore 64). Since becomming a
- >MACophile I have not seen any information about versions of Forth for the MAC
- >(commercial or public domain). Any information on available versions would be
- >most welcome.
- >
-
- Peter:
-
- There is a FAQ for the comp.lang.forth group which gets posted
- regularly. One of the questions concerns Forth for the Mac. I have excerpted
- it for you:
-
- ==============================================================================
- ,Q10: Where can I find a Forth for the MAC?
-
- ANSWER:
- From: CHERGR@lure.latrobe.edu.au
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
- Subject: Forth system for MacClassic
- Message-ID: <5163@lure.latrobe.edu.au>
- Date: 18 Mar 91 17:14:29 GMT
- Organization: VAX Cluster, Computer Centre, La Trobe University
- Lines: 24
-
- I can recommend Mach2 Forth for the Macintosh.
- Its strong points are:
- 1. inexpensive.
- 2. stable.
- 3. compiles to machine code so its quick.
- 4. straightforward access to the Mac toolbox.
- 5. menu selected templates mean windows and
- menus etc. are easy to make for the beginner.
- 6. standard syntax machine code assembler.
- 7. the novice programmer does not have to worry
- about implementing the Mac event loop.
-
- Weak points are:
- 1. a rudimentary built in text editor.
- 2. the Mac event loop is handled by an IO task running
- under the multitasker. This makes extensions to
- the event loop conceptually difficult.
- 3. development has ceased but it will be
- supported for later Mac System releases.
-
- This is available mail order from:
- MacTutor,1250 N. Lakeview, Suite O, Anaheim, California 92807
- call (714) 777 1255 for credit cards
- price $90.00
-
- Message-Id: <9104192113.AA03564@mitch.Eng.Sun.COM>
- To: dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us, ddi1!lrark!gars@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: Re: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (version 1.2)
- Date: 19 Apr 91 14:13:49 PDT (Fri)
- From: pitt!Eng.Sun.COM!Mitch.Bradley
-
- 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
-
- There are several PD/Shareware MAC Forth's available on the various
- BBoard systems and on GEnie. See the 'Forth On-line
- Resource/Technical Help Letter' post for how to access those services.
-
- ==============================================================================
-
- The only other two Forth's for the Mac I am aware of are:
-
- pocketForth -- I think this is a shareware version of Forth. Other posters to
- this group are using it; perhaps they can suggest archives
- where you could obtain it.
-
- MacForth -- A full featured Forth for the Macintosh from Creative Solutions
- which has been recommended by some people in the past. This is
- the one I use, and I like it a lot, but it is fairly expensive
- ( >> $100; I don't remember the exact price) if you are just
- tinkering. If you want more details write me at:
-
- bible@iastate.edu
-
- Regards,
- tony
-