Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:56:55 +0000 From: Leonard Zettel <zettel@acm.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Subject: Re: Forth include ? Message-ID: <200512251556.56470.zettel@acm.org> In-Reply-To: <20051226023335.GD39217@dan.emsphone.com> References: <200512240716.29744.zettel@acm.org> <200512251450.14281.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> <20051226023335.GD39217@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Monday 26 December 2005 02:33 am, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Dec 25), RW said: > > On Saturday 24 December 2005 07:16, Leonard Zettel wrote: > > > This undoubtedly is of no importance whatsoever, natheless this > > > inquiring mind would like to know. > > > > > > The FreeBSD boot loader is written in Forth, which I happen to be > > > able to read (sort of, anyway). EXCEPT the word "include" occurs in > > > a number of places. I grant it is fair to middling obvious what it > > > does. At the same time, I have not been able to find a definition > > > for include in any of the reference materials I have on Forth. It > > > is defninetly NOT ANS (or ISO) Forth (which specifies the words > > > INCLUDE-FILE and INCLUDED). > > > > > > So 1) Can anybody give a stack picture for include ? > > > 2) What version/dialect of Forth does FreeBSD use > > > and is there any place I can get documentation on it? > > > > Looking through the source it appears it's not stricly speaking > > Forth, but rather FICL. > > > > http://ficl.sourceforge.net/ > > > > FWIW I have seen include in older, pre-ansi, versions of forth. > > It looks like include is defined in > /sys/boot/ficl/softwords/fileaccess.fr So it is! Thanks. Now all we need is a mention in the handbook about where all this can be found. -LenZ-
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