HP 71B FORTH/Assembler ROM

[Garth Wilson]

(09-03-2022 12:11 AM)robve Wrote:  Instead, one should know the strengths and weaknesses and pick the programming language that best suits the project goal to complete

and the way one's brain works. The programming language that's best for one person won't necessarily be what's best for the next, even tackling the same project and goals, and having the same background and education.

Quote:Regarding Forth on the 71B, as you are exploring and learning it, you will encounter Memory Lost far more often

Well, it has been a long time since I started into Forth, which was on the 71; but I already was familiar with stacks from the 41 and microprocessor work, and I don't recall ever having a crash in Forth on the 71. I did in BASIC with a particular bug in TRANSFORM though, and it was so bad I couldn't even bring it back with INIT:3.