Retro: A Modern, Pragmatic Forth

In a traditional Forth, the interpret process is something

like:

In RETRO, the interpret process is basically:

All of the actual logic for how to deal with tokens is moved

to the individual prefix handlers, and the logic for handling

words is moved to word class handlers. The latest Glossary can be browsed at http://forthworks.com:9999

or upcoming chapters provide helpful information on using RETRO

with different types of data and hints on how to solve problems

in a way consistent with the RETRO system. To find a list of prefix characters, do:

Most words in RETRO have a stack comment.

Source: forth.works