HolonTForth

 Forth
 Words
 Stack
 Objects
 Variables
 Compiling
 Postfix
 Rules
 Chess

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HolonT  builds Tcl applications in Forth

HolonT compiles Forth source to Tcl code and executes it in a Tcl interpreter.

Features

• HolonT extends the Holon IDE with a Forth metacompiler.
• The Forth application is converted to Tcl source files.
• HolonT is a multi-platform Forth system that creates multi-platform applications.
• HolonTForth offers the usual Forth kernel words.
• Local variables replace stack juggling, make definitions readable.
• Variables are implemented as objecttypes with private data and methods.
• Forth words are compiled to Tcl procs with implicit stack handling.
• The Forth kernel words are defined in the application system, complete transparency.
• Separate application system, interactively controlled by HolonT via a socket channel.
• Redefined words are immediately effective: HolonT substitutes code in the running application.
• A Chess in Forth version of Chess in Tcl is provided
  - as proof of fitness of HolonTForth for real development.
  - as an extended example of Forth constructs.
  - for a language comparison: Tcl versus Forth.

You are welcome to try and use this fully functional free system.

Download HolonT  for   Windows  --   OS-X   --   Linux     (V1.94)

HolonT is provided under this MIT-style License.

© 2008 Wolf Wejgaard    Forum google.group.holonforth