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    From Chuck Jackson@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 13 18:34:21 2022
    Hey guys
    I'm reading through the LaForth manual and wondering if it is hosted anywhere on the interwebs. I've not been successful with my searches but I would like to play with it in a DosBox if anyone could point me to a copy.

    I promise I won't ask if there are any Locals in LaForth </grin>

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  • From Zbig@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 14 13:06:18 2022
    Not 100% sure, but didn't that thing called „LaForth” evolve into eForth?

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  • From Chuck Jackson@21:1/5 to Zbig on Mon Nov 14 16:17:31 2022
    On Monday, November 14, 2022 at 3:06:20 PM UTC-6, Zbig wrote:
    Not 100% sure, but didn't that thing called „LaForth” evolve into eForth?
    I don't think so. From what I've read so far of the LaForth manual, it is VERY different from eForth.

    It seems very different from all of the early Forths, also. That is one reason I'd like to find a copy of it and run it to experience it.
    Thanks

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  • From dxforth@21:1/5 to Zbig on Tue Nov 15 11:21:37 2022
    On 15/11/2022 8:06 am, Zbig wrote:
    Not 100% sure, but didn't that thing called „LaForth” evolve into eForth?

    Other than the DOS version being distributed by Ting, there doesn't seem
    to be a connection. Don't know if a zip of the disk contents was released
    when Ting closed his business. Both principal authors appear to have passed on. In 1979 it may well have been radical but looks rather tame today.

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  • From minforth@arcor.de@21:1/5 to Zbig on Mon Nov 14 19:58:27 2022
    Zbig schrieb am Montag, 14. November 2022 um 22:06:20 UTC+1:
    Not 100% sure, but didn't that thing called „LaForth” evolve into eForth?
    Nope:
    http://forth.org/Ting/LaForth/index.html

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  • From Marcel Hendrix@21:1/5 to minf...@arcor.de on Mon Nov 14 22:00:24 2022
    On Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 4:58:28 AM UTC+1, minf...@arcor.de wrote:
    Zbig schrieb am Montag, 14. November 2022 um 22:06:20 UTC+1:
    Not 100% sure, but didn't that thing called „LaForth” evolve into eForth?
    Nope:
    http://forth.org/Ting/LaForth/index.html

    Points 11 and 15 from the Introduction *might* lead to an interesting discussion.
    The rest has seeped into (most) mainstream Forth implementations.

    -marcel

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