Re: [gforth] starting forth

[mhx]

> On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 09:47:15AM +0100, Robert Wilkinson wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 01:35:30PM +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
>> > Hello, just subscribed to the list and hence my first post here.
>> >
>> > First time on Forth and so with GForth.
>> >
>> > Have been advised to work through "Starting Forth", but looks like the
>> > exercises and examples won't work under GForth, might be because
>> > "Starting Forth" doesn't use ANS Forth.

The web-edition of SF (adapted to ANS Forth, use Google) works fine
with gForth. A trick with number recognition/formatting is a
known incompatibility.

-marcel