Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 20:49:49 -0500 (EST) From: Eric Wayte <ewayte@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu> To: "Thomas W. Lovell" <tlovell@fostermiller.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Forths for freeBSD? Adv/disadv of NetBSD and OpenBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.96.990322204713.15926D-100000@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu> In-Reply-To: <36F6C001.97DB542A@fostermiller.com>
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Two answers! 1) There is a Forth in the ports collection (http://www.freebsd.org/ports/) - pfe-0.9.9 "Implementation of ANSI Forth." I can't vouch for it, I just know it's there. 2) FreeBSD has better merchandise (http://www.freebsdmall.com)! Eric Wayte Database Administrator University of Central Florida ewayte@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Thomas W. Lovell wrote: > Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:11:13 -0500 > From: "Thomas W. Lovell" <tlovell@fostermiller.com> > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Forths for freeBSD? Adv/disadv of NetBSD and OpenBSD? > > Hi, > > Two questions about FreeBSD: > > 1) Any good 32-bit Forth implementations available (commercial is > ok) with a rich wordset and good links to the operating system? > (e.g., analogous to 16-bit HS/Forth, which was custom-written > for MS-DOS on the IBM PC, fast, with good links to the > operating system and with a rich wordset for strings, graphics > and memory management on the Intel processors.) > > 2) Any opinion about using NetBSD or OpenBSD on an IBM compatible? > Would I lose performance from these (I assume) more generic > systems? Do either of these other OS's offer advantages (aside > from cross-platform compatibility) that FreeBSD does not? > > Thanks for any help. > > Tom Lovell > tlovell@foster-miller.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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