Aug 21, 2022
What
language has two stacks? What language is used on satellites and in
home computers? What language deals in words? Why, Forth, of
course!
Forth
is a highly unique language developed in the 60s by Chuck Moore.
And when I say unique, I mean unique. Forth uses reverse polish
notation for all operations, along with a dedicated data stack for
passing parameters. But it's not just unique for the fun of it,
Forth's design is highly deliberate. It offers a level of
simplicity and power that's rarely seen in programming
languages.
Selected Sources:
http://www.forth.org/POL.pdf
- Moore's Programming a Problem
Oriented Language
https://www.1strecon.org/downloads/Forth_Resources/CM_ForthLanguageInteractiveComputing_1970.pdf
- Early paper discussing
Forth
https://archive.org/details/1985-10-dr-dobbs-journal/page/41/mode/1up
- Dobb's Journal article on the
NX4000
