How Forth Treats Numbers

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Rather, E. D., Colburn, D. R. and Moore, C. H., 1996. The Evolution of Forth. ACM [online]. Available from: Http://figforth.org.uk/library/p625-rather_The.Evolution.of.Forth.pdf.

Rather, E. D. and Moore, C. H., 1976. The Forth Approach to Operating Systems. ACM ’76: Proceedings of the 1976 annual conference. October 1976, Pages 233–240, https://doi.org/10.1145/800191.805586 [online]. Available from: Http://figforth.org.uk/library/p233-rather_The.Forth.Approach.to.Operating.Systems.pdf.

Frenger, P., 2001. EXTREME Forth. ACM, SigPlan, Volume 36 (2) [online]. Available from: http://figforth.org.uk/library/p20-frenger-EXTREME.Forth.pdf.

(Enger et al. 2002, p. 4)

References:

Enger, E. D., Ross, F. C. and Bailey, D. B., 2002. Concepts in Biology. 10th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.