--- "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't have these in print, but they are both from the Journal Of > Forth Applications Research (JFAR). It used to be in Rochester, NY, > but appears to have found a home on line at > > http://dec.bournemouth.ac.uk/forth/jfar/index.html > > Unfortunately, what's on line there for volume 5 is completely > different from what you are looking for. :(
Yep, that threw me. Are there two JFARs? > Places you can try: > > 1. The University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. Their library > probably has copies, since it was there in 1988 when the papers > were published. That's a thought. > 2. The Forth Archive on Taygeta (http://www.taygeta.com/forth.html) > ... seems to be down/not responding at the moment :( Up now. Sweet, thanks! > 3. Mountain View Press (http://www.theforthsource.com) ... also seems > to be down Back up :). > 4. Forth Interest Group (http://www.forth.org) ... ditto down ... > must be something icky going on in the Bay Area Forth community -- > they may be sharing a server, although I thought Taygeta was in > Monterey. Looks like they're all functioning now. > 5. Forth, Inc. undoubtedly has copies in their library, since the > head of the company, Elizabeth Rather, was the second Forth > programmer. :) > > Or just ask on comp.lang.forth -- perhaps the original authors still > hang out there or someone there has a copy. That's a good idea! Thanks! > Incidentally, I "do" have Dick Pountain's "Object-Oriented Forth", > which is probably as good a reference for implementing other > languages on a Forth base as you're likely to find anywhere. If > you're in the mood to re-invent a wheel or two, I'd recommend > starting there. Thanks! I see it's on Amazon for $35 - is that a good price? > >> 1. I think the HP 28 / 48 / 49 series of calculators' RPL (Reverse > >> Polish Lisp) might be something to look at. I almost always > >> programmed it in the RPN form rather than the algebraic form, > >> although it supports both. In any case, it's a very elegant > language. > > > > Indeed. Is there a language definition somewhere for those > > calculators? > > I don't know for sure, but there are quite a few books on the HP-48, > especially assembly-language hacking. The 49 series has been > completely re-hosted -- they're not on the ancient 4-bit chip any > more -- so they might not be much use. The primary marketplace for > HP and TI CAS-type calculators these days seems to be for students > to study for and use in the SAT exams, not working mathematicians or > engineers. Us folks are assumed to have (or be able to build) better > tools. :) I dunno - despite the availability of CASs for years now, a lot of folks see to be reluctant to give up their HP calculators ;-). I wonder why someone doesn't re-create the HP-48 - that seems to be a sweet spot in calculator history. Cheers, and thanks! CY ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer