Forth in mainstream computer science courses
Richard E. Haskell · ACM SIGFORTH Newsletter · 1994
All computer science programs contain some type of course related to computer organization and assembly language programming.A similar course taught at Oakland University includes such mainstream topics as keyboard and screen input/output, number system conversions, floating point, disk /10 and graphics.After completing the last six weekly homework assignments in the course the students will have written a workable Forth-like language that can create turtle graphics interactively.The six assignments include producing an RPN calculator for 16-bit integers, adding double number capabilities to the calculator, adding floating point capabilities to the calculator, adding new dictionary entries using colon definitions, adding disk 1/0 capabilities to the program, and including turtle graphics routines.