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- From: landman@hal.COM (Howard Landman)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
- Subject: Re: native FORTH for R3000/IRIX available /beta/ (was Re: forth+)
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- Date: 31 Dec 92 02:38:03 GMT
- References: <BEVAN.92Dec9220107@hippo.cs.man.ac.uk> <1992Dec14.130553.11948@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
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- >Stephen J Bevan (bevan@cs.man.ac.uk) wrote:
- >: where am I supposed to get a FREE native code Forth
- >: system for SPARCstations? With so many implementations of other
- >: languages available for free, I have a tough time justifying the
- >: purchase of a Forth system.
-
- You already have one. You just don't know it.
-
- The boot prom in all SPARCstations is coded in a 32-bit dialect of Forth.
- There's a way to make the machine come up as a Forth machine, I think
- through the diagnostics interface.
-
- Ask your Sun salesperson about getting more documentation on this.
-
- Of course, if what you wanted was to be able to run Forth in a window, I'm
- not sure that this helps.
-
- Howard
-