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