This transcript is not an exact reproduction. Forth code has been ANSified. All code should run on at least SwiftForth and iForth. Where necessary, statements that were valid in 1981 have been exchanged with statements more appropriate for 2003 (when this tribute was written).
“A Language and Philosophy for Solving Problems”
This book handles the difficult subject of how to think about problems and their solutions. It helps the reader, who knows some Forth and can put words together, shift into a more expert mode. The concepts go beyond Forth, but the simple beauty of Forth throws those concepts into stark relief. The book includes interviews with Forth’s inventor, Charles Moore, and other Forth thinkers.
Updated 2004. First published in 1984, for many years this book was the sole and reliable companion to the tutorial Starting Forth, by the same author. A few obligatory illustrations are included but this book is not a Forth tutorial.