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 @cindex books on Forth  @cindex books on Forth
   
 As the standard is relatively new, there are not many books out yet. It  As the standard is relatively new, there are not many books out yet. It
 is not recommended to learn Forth by using Gforth and a book that is  is not recommended to learn Forth by using Gforth and a book that is not
 not written for ANS Forth, as you will not know your mistakes from the  written for ANS Forth, as you will not know your mistakes from the
 deviations of the book.  deviations of the book. However, books based on the Forth-83 standard
   should be ok, because ANS Forth is primarily an extension of Forth-83.
   
 @cindex standard document for ANS Forth  @cindex standard document for ANS Forth
 @cindex ANS Forth document  @cindex ANS Forth document
Line 816  can also get it from Global Engineering Line 817  can also get it from Global Engineering
   
 @cite{dpANS6}, the last draft of the standard, which was then submitted  @cite{dpANS6}, the last draft of the standard, which was then submitted
 to ANSI for publication is available electronically and for free in some  to ANSI for publication is available electronically and for free in some
 MS Word format, and it has been converted to HTML (this is my favourite  MS Word format, and it has been converted to HTML
 format !!url). Some pointers to these versions can be found through  (@url{http://www.taygeta.com/forth/dpans.html}; this is my favourite
 @*@url{http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/projects/forth.html}.  format); this HTML version also includes the answers to Requests for
   Interpretation (RFIs). Some pointers to these versions can be found
   through @*@url{http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/projects/forth.html}.
   
 @cindex introductory book  @cindex introductory book
 @cindex book, introductory  @cindex book, introductory
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 not appropriate for complete newbies, but programmers experienced in  not appropriate for complete newbies, but programmers experienced in
 other languages should find it ok.  other languages should find it ok.
   
 !!Conklin, Forth programmer's handbook  @cindex Conklin, Edward K., and Elizabeth Rather: @cite{Forth Programmer's Handbook}
   @cindex Rather, Elizabeth and Edward K. Conklin: @cite{Forth Programmer's Handbook}
   @cindex @cite{Forth Programmer's Handbook} (book)
   @cite{Forth Programmer's Handbook} by Edward K. Conklin, Elizabeth
   D. Rather and the technical staff of Forth, Inc. (Forth, Inc., 1997;
   ISBN 0-9662156-0-5) contains little introductory material. The majority
   of the book is similar to @ref{Words}, but the book covers most of the
   standard words and some non-standard words (whereas this manual is
   quite incomplete). In addition, the book contains a chapter on
   programming style. The major drawback of this book is that it usually
   does not identify what is standard and what is specific to the Forth
   system described in the book (probably one of Forth, Inc.'s systems).
   Fortunately, many of the non-standard programming practices described in
   the book work in Gforth, too.  Still, this drawback makes the book
   hardly more useful than a pre-ANS book.
   
 @node Invoking Gforth, Words, Other Books, Top  @node Invoking Gforth, Words, Other Books, Top
 @chapter Invoking Gforth  @chapter Invoking Gforth
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