★ APPLICATIONS ★ PROGRAMMATION ★ FIG-FORTH (c) Interceptor Software|Popular Computing Weekly) ★ |
| Interceptor Software Fig-Forth | Applications Programmation |
The Amstrad has been well supplied with computer languages, although many of them are disc based. There are now at least two versions of Forth, the most recent of which - Fig Forth -is in truth a beefed-up version of the Fig Forth of old. It has been expanded to allow, amongst other things, full sound and graphics control and even joystick commands. The program uses 34K, the extensive set of command words (some 340 of them) uses a further 10K. Other memory is set aside for stacks and the like and this leaves you with 10K to work with which is actually more than you are ever likely to need with Forth. The manual with the program is better than most, with extensive information on screen editing, the command words, error messages and simple programming It might be enough for some preliminary work with the language but you'll probably need another book for detailed work. At £9.95 this looks to be a powerful package at a low price - most of its competitors are well over twice the price.
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