: H HERE @ ; : -^ SWAP - ; : +! SWAP OVER @ + SWAP ! ; : ALLOT HERE +! ; : C, H C! 1 ALLOT ; : BEGIN H ; IMMEDIATE : COMPILE ' ['] LITN EXECUTE ['] , , ; IMMEDIATE : AGAIN COMPILE (bbr) H -^ C, ; IMMEDIATE : NOT 1 SWAP SKIP? EXIT 0 * ; : ( BEGIN LITS ) WORD SCMP NOT SKIP? AGAIN ; IMMEDIATE ( Hello, hello, krkrkrkr... do you hear me? Ah, voice at last! Some lines above need comments BTW: Forth lines limited to 64 cols because of default input buffer size in Collapse OS COMPILE; Tough one. Get addr of caller word (example above (bbr)) and then call LITN on it. However, LITN is an immediate and has to be indirectly executed. Then, write a reference to "," so that this word is written to HERE. NOT: a bit convulted because we don't have IF yet ) : IF ( -- a | a: br cell addr ) COMPILE SKIP? ( if true, don't branch ) COMPILE (fbr) H ( push a ) 1 ALLOT ( br cell allot ) ; IMMEDIATE : THEN ( a -- | a: br cell addr ) DUP H -^ SWAP ( a-H a ) C! ; IMMEDIATE : ELSE ( a1 -- a2 | a1: IF cell a2: ELSE cell ) COMPILE (fbr) 1 ALLOT DUP H -^ SWAP ( a-H a ) C! H 1 - ( push a. -1 for allot offset ) ; IMMEDIATE : ? @ . ; : VARIABLE CREATE 2 ALLOT ; : CONSTANT CREATE H ! DOES> @ ; : = CMP NOT ; : < CMP 0 1 - = ; : > CMP 1 = ; : / /MOD SWAP DROP ; : MOD /MOD DROP ; ( Parse numbers ) : (parsec) ( a -- n f ) ( apostrophe is ASCII 39 ) DUP C@ 39 = NOT IF 0 EXIT THEN ( -- a 0 ) DUP 2 + C@ 39 = NOT IF 0 EXIT THEN ( -- a 0 ) ( surrounded by apos, good, return ) 1 + C@ 1 ( -- n 1 ) ; : (parse) ( a -- n ) (parsec) NOT SKIP? EXIT (parsed) NOT SKIP? EXIT ( nothing works ) ABORT" unknown word! " ; ' (parse) (parse*) ! ( Format numbers ) ( TODO FORGET this word ) : PUSHDGTS 999 SWAP ( stop indicator ) DUP 0 = IF '0' EXIT THEN ( 0 is a special case ) BEGIN DUP 0 = IF DROP EXIT THEN 10 /MOD ( r q ) SWAP '0' + SWAP ( d q ) AGAIN ; : . ( n -- ) ( handle negative ) ( that "0 1 -" thing is because we don't parse negative number correctly yet. ) DUP 0 < IF '-' EMIT 0 1 - * THEN PUSHDGTS BEGIN DUP '9' > IF DROP EXIT THEN ( stop indicator, we're done ) EMIT AGAIN ; : PUSHDGTS 999 SWAP ( stop indicator ) DUP 0 = IF '0' EXIT THEN ( 0 is a special case ) BEGIN DUP 0 = IF DROP EXIT THEN 16 /MOD ( r q ) SWAP ( r q ) DUP 9 > IF 10 - 'a' + ELSE '0' + THEN ( q d ) SWAP ( d q ) AGAIN ; : .X ( n -- ) ( For hex display, there are no negatives ) PUSHDGTS BEGIN DUP 'f' > IF DROP EXIT THEN ( stop indicator, we're done ) EMIT AGAIN ;