In C, local variables exist inside of a function and contain the values like this: void main(){ int a = 5; int b = 9; } In the Gforth manual, they describe the local variables like this: : swap ...

I would like to exit a Forth program (using Gforth 0.7.3) with a non-zero exit status. I've tried: 1 bye But the 1 is not interpreted as an argument to bye (and I didn't expect this to work anyway...

I'm trying to store a string value into a variable. To define the variable, I use: : define CREATE 0 , ; define x I can easily store an integer/float value to x using 10 x ! or 10.0e x f! ...

I am preparing overall knowledge on building a Forth interpreter and want to disassemble some of the generic Forth code words such as +, -, *, etc. My Gforth (I currently have version 0.7.3, inst...

In Forth, is there a common word to conditionally exit a procedure (return) if the top of the stack is zero? I was thinking of using this in recursive procedures instead of IF.

Is there an equivalent to forget word of Forth in Gforth? I've seen about marker, but it doesn't have the same behaviour. Also the list command doesn't seem to give a listing of the program. I'd li...

As default, Forth has only a little amount of working libraries so that everything has to be programmed from scratch. The reason is, that the stackbased Forth virtual machine identifies itself as a...

A simple question that turned out to be quite complex: How do I turn a float to a String in GForth? The desired behavior would look something like this: 1.2345e fToString \ takes 1.2345e from the...

I have used CREATE to create an array of strings: create mystringarray s" This" , s" is" , s" a", s" list" , And I want to sort this in ascending order. I've found some tutorials for assembly la...

I have a simple local variable in Forth: : subtraction { a b } a b - ; I would like to assign the output of a b - to another variable, say c. Is this possible?

Forth famously allows users to alter the language by defining new words for control flow (beyond those given by the standard: DO, LOOP, BEGIN, UNTIL, WHILE, REPEAT, LEAVE IF, THEN, ELSE, CASE, ENDC...

Is it possible to get the list of all words which are currently defined in Forth (for example in Gforth)?

On Rosetta Code there is no implementation of Y-combinator in Forth. How can I do that? How do I use Y-combinator in Forth? And why?

I have a mysterious error with an algorithm for subtraction of unsigned integers of various lengths. It works for almost every pair of numbers, but if n isn't smaller than the number of bits in a c...

I'd like to write a while() loop in Gforth. Unfortunately, the only tutorial online isn't useful due to a lack of examples, and examples on counted loops (what I'm not looking for) appear fundament...

Every Common Lisp programmer knows that macros are a powerful tool. Common Lisp macros have been used, among other things, to add object orientation on top of Lisp without changing the language spe...

In Gforth, is there a way to add an integer value to a floating point value? Something like 1 + 2.1? If I do 1 2.1e f+ I get an error which I'm guessing is because the values are not on the same ...

I've been looking around and haven't found a syntax definition for Gforth to use in Sublime Text. Is there one? I have found one for TextPad, but that's about it (see TextPad syntax definitions). ...