Forth

This is a new implementation of Forth 2012 in C.

Building & use

Use cmake or build.sh. It probably needs GCC with --std=gnu99.

You get a binary with the forth runtime. Run it to get a prompt. Use -h for help.

Goals

Comfy to use and extend
No dynamic allocation where possible
Compact and embeddable so it can be ported to ARM-CortexM or similar later
Implement the CORE and CORE-EXT word sets, for a start
Pass the Forth2012 test suite, at least for the word sets that are implemented
Maybe eventually have some terminal-based implementation of (a subset of) the Facility word set, like AT-XY and keyboard input
Try to keep added custom words and quirks at a minimum
Comment stuff, maybe

Non-Goals

I don't really care about implementing some of the word sets
Performance is not so critical for a hobby Forth like this
Probably won't accept merge requests, this is my Forth
I also don't care about someone telling me to add a license file

Custom words

.\" - like ." but allows escaping, this is essentially S\" blah" TYPE, but without allocation (unless compiled)
?? - debug dump of the stacks
reset - everything should become like if you restarted the program
debug ( flag -- ) - enable or disable verbose logging

For debug, there is see ( "word" -- ) that lets you inspect and disassemble dictionary entries.

Implementation status

(this section may be outdated)

Implemented (some may be wrong, like FM/MOD):

CORE:
! ' ( * */ */MOD + +! +LOOP , - . ." / /mod 0< 0= 1+ 1- 2! 2* 2/ 2@ 2DROP 2DUP 2OVER 2SWAP
: ; < = > >IN >R ?DUP @ ABORT ABS ALIGN ALIGNED ALLOT AND BASE BEGIN BL C! C, C@ CELL CELL+ CELLS CHAR CHAR+
CHARS CONSTANT COUNT CR CREATE DECIMAL DEPTH DO DOES> DROP DUP ELSE EMIT ENVIRONMENT? EXECUTE EXIT FM/MOD FIND
HERE I IF IMMEDIATE INVERT J LEAVE LITERAL LOOP LSHIFT M* MAX MIN MOD NEGATE OR OVER POSTPONE QUIT R> R@ RECURSE
REPEAT ROT RSHIFT S>D S" SM/REM SOURCE SPACE STATE SWAP THEN TYPE U< UNTIL UM* UM/MOD UNLOOP VARIABLE WHILE WORD XOR [ ['] [CHAR] ] 

CORE-EXT:
.( :NONAME 0<> 0> 2>R 2R> 2R@ <> ?DO AGAIN FALSE HEX NIP PAD PICK ROLL S\" TO TRUE TUCK U.R U> UNUSED VALUE
\

Other sets:
FORGET SEE BYE

Missing:

basically, CASE-OF, pictured numbers, keyboard input, some weirder metaprogramming things, manipulating the input buffer.

CORE:
# #> #S <# >BODY >NUMBER ABORT" ACCEPT EVALUATE FILL HOLD KEY MOVE SIGN SPACES U.

CORE-EXT:
.R ACTION-OF BUFFER: C" CASE COMPILE, DEFER DEFER! DEFER@ ENDCASE ENDOF ERASE HOLDS IS
MARKER OF PARSE PARSE-NAME REFILL RESTORE-INPUT SAVE-INPUT SOURCE-ID WITHIN [COMPILE]

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