Date   : Mon, 17 Nov 1986 01:47:00 EST
From   : SECRIST%OAK.SAINET.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA
Subject: PISTOL: a forth-like language

From:    <SECRIST%OAK.SAINET.MFENET@LLL-MFE.Arpa>   (Richard C. Secrist)
Date:    Mon, 17-NOV-1986 01:47 EST
To:      INFO-CPM@AMSAA.ARPA,
         INFO-MICRO@BRL-VGR.Arpa,
         UMFORTH%WEIZMANN.BITNET@WISCVM.Arpa
Message-ID: <[OAK.SAINET.MFENET].8624F360.008F8127.SECRIST>
Header-Disclaimer: I don't like my headers either !
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PISTOL is a Portably Implemented Stack Oriented Language that is a cross
between STOIC and FORTH.  Version 2.0 of PISTOL for CP/M-80 (in BDS-C) and
for the DEC-20 (in PASCAL) can be found on SIG/M volume 114.

I am in the course of converting the PASCAL version over for VAX/VMS, and
perhaps to Turbo Pascal [ please - no inquires, I'll post news here once
I'm done ].

My purpose here is two-fold: 1) to inform people about the code (a prior
fig-forth in C that was widely discussed turns out only to be good under
UNIX/bsd because you use the stream editor to install it; BDS-C is weird
but at least it's C); 2) HAS ANYBODY ALREADY PORTED PISTOL TO OTHER MACHINES
OR KNOW OF A MORE RECENT VERSION OF THE CODE ?

Thanks.

rcs
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