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author | HorseMD <alightedness@gmail.com> | 2014-11-13 16:29:40 +0000 |
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committer | HorseMD <alightedness@gmail.com> | 2014-11-13 16:29:40 +0000 |
commit | b2c704deaf460e97e89895f409368879e3f46f60 (patch) | |
tree | 2fddfc4d11c11d7a973913444f5f519cfaffe578 /forth.html.markdown | |
parent | ade01b4ad8258c9e12f86e2bb9aa5426f60bc500 (diff) |
Fix missing comment, pull up a few lines.
Diffstat (limited to 'forth.html.markdown')
-rw-r--r-- | forth.html.markdown | 7 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/forth.html.markdown b/forth.html.markdown index 8cfa46e4..11300159 100644 --- a/forth.html.markdown +++ b/forth.html.markdown @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Forth, but most of what is written here should work elsewhere. \ Forth is an interactive programming language which is comprised of \ *words*. These are Forth subroutines which are executed once you press -<Cr>, from left to right. +\ <Cr>, from left to right. \ ------------------------------ Precursor ------------------------------ @@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ Forth, but most of what is written here should work elsewhere. 1360 23 - . \ 1337 ok 12 12 / . \ 1 ok -\ And so on. - \ ----------------------------- Stack Manipulation ----------------------------- \ Naturally, as we work with the stack, we'll want some useful methods: @@ -83,18 +81,15 @@ see square \ dup * ; ok \ In forth, -1 is used to represent truth, and 0 is used to represent false. \ The idea is that -1 is 11111111 in binary, whereas 0 is obviously 0 in binary. \ However, any non-zero value is usually treated as being true: - 42 42 = / -1 ok 12 53 = / 0 ok \ `if` is a *compile-only word*. This means that it can only be used when we're \ compiling a word. The format is `if` <stuff to do> `then` <rest of program>. - : ?>64 ( n -- n ) DUP 64 > if ." Greater than 64!" then ; \ ok 100 ?>64 \ Greater than 64! ok \ Else: - : ?>64 ( n -- n ) DUP 64 > if ." Greater than 64!" else ." Less than 64!" then ; 100 ?>64 \ Greater than 64! ok 20 ?>64 \ Less than 64! ok |