beastie.4th language ?

[McCy Ron]

Starting Forth by Leo Brodie is a good book on Forth.
http://www.forth.org/   will offer other tutorialsl.

Jerry McAllister wrote:

>>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
>
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>
>>Any URL or suggestion would be appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Michel
>>
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>>
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