Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> writes:
>Is there any consensus on which Forth Standard is a good starting point for
>a new implementation? I've done a little reading and I understand Chuck
>Moore was not in favor of certain standards to the point he didn't consider
>them Forth. If no standard is a good starting point, is there any consensus
>on what a reference implementation should be? Any pointers to doc, articles
>etc. would be welcomed. Thank you.

What do you expect from a standard?

If you want to implement a system that only you (and maybe your
dedicated followers) write programs for (and these programs are not
supposed to run on other systems), then you don't need a standard,
just like Chuck Moore.

Otherwise, look at Forth-200x (latest draft
<http://www.forth200x.org/documents/forth11-1.pdf>). Depending on the
platform and the effort you want to invest, you may decide to
implement only a subset (at least at first), but it's probably a good
idea to keep close to the standard for the parts you implement.

- anton
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