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authorSuzane Sant Ana <tetestonaldo@gmail.com>2017-12-31 14:27:06 -0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-12-31 14:27:06 -0200
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ such as Open Firmware. It's also used by NASA.
Note: This article focuses predominantly on the Gforth implementation of
Forth, but most of what is written here should work elsewhere.
-```
+```forth
\ This is a comment
( This is also a comment but it's only used when defining words )
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ Forth, but most of what is written here should work elsewhere.
3 dup - \ duplicate the top item (1st now equals 2nd): 3 - 3
2 5 swap / \ swap the top with the second element: 5 / 2
6 4 5 rot .s \ rotate the top 3 elements: 4 5 6
-4 0 drop 2 / \ remove the top item (dont print to screen): 4 / 2
+4 0 drop 2 / \ remove the top item (don't print to screen): 4 / 2
1 2 3 nip .s \ remove the second item (similar to drop): 1 3
\ ---------------------- More Advanced Stack Manipulation ----------------------
-1 2 3 4 tuck \ duplicate the top item into the second slot: 1 2 4 3 4 ok
+1 2 3 4 tuck \ duplicate the top item below the second slot: 1 2 4 3 4 ok
1 2 3 4 over \ duplicate the second item to the top: 1 2 3 4 3 ok
1 2 3 4 2 roll \ *move* the item at that position to the top: 1 3 4 2 ok
1 2 3 4 2 pick \ *duplicate* the item at that position to the top: 1 2 3 4 2 ok
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ one-to-12 \ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ok
: threes ( n n -- ) ?do i . 3 +loop ; \ ok
15 0 threes \ 0 3 6 9 12 ok
-\ Indefinite loops with `begin` <stuff to do> <flag> `unil`:
+\ Indefinite loops with `begin` <stuff to do> <flag> `until`:
: death ( -- ) begin ." Are we there yet?" 0 until ; \ ok
\ ---------------------------- Variables and Memory ----------------------------
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ variable age \ ok
age @ . \ 21 ok
age ? \ 21 ok
-\ Constants are quite simiar, except we don't bother with memory addresses:
+\ Constants are quite similar, except we don't bother with memory addresses:
100 constant WATER-BOILING-POINT \ ok
WATER-BOILING-POINT . \ 100 ok