beastie.4th language ?
Jerry McAllister
jerrymc at clunix.cl.msu.edu
Tue Mar 8 07:54:36 PST 2005
> Hi,
>
> My question might seem basic. Nevertheless I didn't find the answer on
> the net. Excuse me in case I did look seriously enough, which might
> afterall, be the case.
>
> The files under the /boot directory on FreeBSD : beastie.4th and the
> included ones screen.4th and frames.4th are obviously written in a
> certain scripting language.
>
> What is this language ?
> Can I get a turorial for this scripting language ?
> Or even a reference manual ?
I believe the language is Forth. It is a fairly esotheric language
that is used because it has a very small footprint and is still
quite flexible. I don't know about tutorials, but I have seen
an occasional book on it. I had one and actually installed Forth
on a machine and tried to learn it once, several years ago but the
rewards/effort ratio got to me and I haven't gone back to it.
////jerry
>
> Any URL or suggestion would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Michel
>
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