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Execution of Forth Code

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Vectored execution, the Forth interpreter, system and user variables, structures of dictionary entries (including the user dictionary), input buffer...

Let’s stop for a chapter to lift Forth’s hood and see what goes on inside. Some of the information contained herein we’ve given earlier, but, at the risk of redundancy, we’re now going to view the Forth “machine” as a whole, to see how it all fits together. On This Page Inside INTERPRET Vectored Execution The Structure of a Dictionary Entry Name Link Code Pointer Data field The Basic Structure of a Colon Definition Nested Levels of Execution One Step Beyond Abandoning the Nest Forth Geography System Variables User Dictionary The Pad Parameter Stack Input Mes

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