Lpc2000

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Pelc" <stephen@...> wrote:
>
> >    From: "rtstofer" <rstofer@...>
> 
> Forgot:
> 3) You must use REALS to enable floating point.
> 
> Which leads to:
> a) I really must read our manuals more thoroughly, even though 
> they are derived from the source code itself.
> b) I get more of a kick working on tons of machinery than in 
> dealing with floating point.
> 
> Stephen
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In the early days of Bill Gates' Basic (and many other varieties,
before and after) it was common to use the interpreter as a command
line calculator.  Lacking any real experience with Forth, trying the
floating point multiply was the only thing I could come up with.

I have installed the updated version and started through the online
book: Starting Forth.  So far, so good.

Thanks
Richard