This is a book about the philosophy of problem solving and programming style, applied to the unique programming language Forth. If you program in Forth, this is a must-read book.

This book is a thorough introduction to the Forth programming language. Written for readers with programming backgrounds but not necessarily with prior exposure to Forth, it offers comprehensive coverage of all major aspects of the language.

This book is a user-friendly beginner's tutorial on the Forth programing language and operating system. It is suitable for all FORTH-83 Standard systems and is a complete guide to learning FORTH with special footnotes that address FORTH-79, MVP-FORTH.

This book has been written to provide information about using a computer with the real world to the two may work cooperatively together. Forth is used as the language for interfacing for a number of good reasons.

This primer was written in the hope that it will be useful and that starting Forthers aren't put off by the high price of Forth textbooks. It is dedicated to Leo Brodie, who taught me much more than just Forth.

This book was originally designed for use in programming Forth classes, where students work through each chapter by doing the exercises on a computer. We have trained several thousand programmers to use Forth with versions of this book.