Re: Forth ?

Doug Sewell <doug@cc.ysu.edu>
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From: Doug Sewell <doug@cc.ysu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Forth ?
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In article <Pine.3.05a.9401231418.B15151-a100000@fallbrook.csusm.edu> you wrote:

: Yes.  I am trying-- is anyone willing to help?

Alas, my recollection/use of Forth lately is pretty bad... (back when I
learned Forth, it was FIG forth or forth-79... so it's been a while).
:  
: It would have to be 'Geos-aware', or rather a Geos application.  I need to
: figure out the file structure, etc-- or possibly get the instructions on
: how to use Geos's assembler, Esp.  The SDK docshave no info on this at all.  I
: also need someone to design a good interface for it that would look good on a
: PC and a Zoomer.

While an open text window (similar to the 16x64 block that character mode Forth
implementations use) would be workable, it would be kinda tiny on a Zoomer
screen.  Graphic support would be... well... "interesting" (as in "may you 
live in interesting times", a Chinese curse).

I've also got zero experience in coding for Geos at this point... 

: A major difficulty has been the Object-orientation of Geos-- I want to use
: it to the max, but it's hard to get info on, and harder to design a syntax
: for.

I'm surprised no-one's done a Forth for Geos yet, but perhaps someone in
comp.os.geos - which I haven't followed for some time - may have an idea or
two.

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