FAST Forth Native-Language Embedded Computers

Business, industry, and edu-
software project through the
cation are discovering that
analysis and implementa-
FOEYTH is an especially effec-
tion process, showing how
tive language for producing
to simplify your program
compact, efficient applications
and still keep it flexible
for realtime, real-world tasks.
throughout. Both beginning
And now there's Thinking
and experienced program-
Forth-an instructive guide
that illustrates the elegant logic
behind the language and shows
mers will gain a better
understanding and mastery
of such topics as
how to apply specific problemsolving
tools to software,
regardless of your programming
environment.
FORTH style and conventions
* decomposihon
factonng
handling data
It combines the philosophy
behind Forth with traditional,
simplifying control structures
and more.
disciplined approaches to software
development- to give you
a basis for writing more readable,
easier-to-write, and
easier-to-maintain software
applications in any language.
And, to give you an idea of
how these concepts can be
applied, Thinking Forth contains
revealing interviews
with real-life users and with
Forth's creator, Charles H.
Written in the same lucid, hu-
Moore.
morous style as the author's
StartingForthand packedwith
detailed coding samples aand
illustrations, Thinking Forth
reviews fundamental Forth
concepts and takes you from
To program intelligently, you
must first think intelligently,
and that's where Thinking
Forth comes in.
the initial specification of your
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