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- PISTOL v2.0-Portably Implemented STack Oriented Language
- A language in the footsteps of FORTH and STOIC
- ARITH documetation on arithmetic operators for
- "on line" use.
- COPY.RIT suitable for making labels; copying freely
- permitted as long as notice is supplied.
- CORE2. "core image" that results from compiling PBASE2
- (see PISTOL.HLP for details)
- DEFS. documentation on definitional operators for
- "on line" use.
- EDITOR. documentation on PISTOL supplied editor for
- "on line" use.
- ENVIRON.DOC suggests at least 44K ram total.
- FUTURE.DEV future directions for PISTOL; suggests some
- standards.
- IO. documentation on i/o related operations for
- "on line" use.
- ITCOND. documentation on iterational and conditionals
- for "on line" use.
- LOGIC. documentation for logic related operations for
- "on line" use.
- MEMOPS. documentation for memory related functions for
- "on line" use.
- MISC. documetation on miscellaneous utilities for
- "on line" use.
- PBASE2. PISTOL source code used to "educate" PISTOL.COM
- to be as smart as described in PISTOL.DOC.
- PIST2A.C second source module
- PIST2B.C third source module
- PIST2C.C fourth source module
- PIST2D.C fifth source module
- PIST2E.C sixth source module
- PISTOL.C main source module
-
- PISTOL.COM *** this and: 'CORE2 RESTORE will give you a
- new development language; try it you'll like it
- (check the HELP documentation for best results!)
- PISTOL.H constants and externals for PISTOL source
- PISTOL.PAS 42K PASCAL version of PISTOL that runs on a
- DEC-20 mainframe computer; it helps define the
- way PISTOL is created.
- PISTSUB.SUB SUBMIT file to compile and link all C modules
- READ.ME History and editorial vis-a-vis with FORTH and
- STOIC
- STACK. documentation on stack related words for
- "on line" use.
- SYSCONS. documentation on the system's constants for
- "on line" use.
- SYSVARS. documentation on the systems variables for
- "on line" use.
- TUTORIAL. documentation for starting users for
- "on line" use and may be TYPEd out as well!
- VOCAB. documentation on vocabulary maintenance for
- "on line" use.
- second source module
- PIST2B.C third source mod
- which may be on this system. To read
- portions of it from within PISTOL, type:
-
- X> 'TUTORIAL HELP
-
- Alternatively, you may exit PISTOL by typing:
-
- X> BYE
-
- and the type out the file directly.
-
- :
- GLOSSARY SUBMENU(ASSUMES PBASE2 HAS BEEN USED!):
- explanations of TOS,NTT,TFT,FFT
- ARITHMETIC OPERATORS ['ARITH HELP]
- LOGICAL OPERATORS ['LOGIC HELP]
- STACK RELATED ['STACK HSome thoughts about future development of PISTOL:
- (March 10, 1982)
-
- It is expected that several major extensions to
- PISTOL