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Forth

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Forth is a fourth generation programming language developed by Charles Moore.  Forth is a stack based language which uses postfix notation.  Postfix notation is also called Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) and was made famous by early Hewlett-Packard calculators.

More information on Forth can be found at the following URLs:

Forth, Inc.

Starting Forth - online Edition

The Postscript page description language is derived from Forth.

see Postscript

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