
Introduction to Forth: The Stack-Based Programming Language
When programmers ask me about “out-of-the-box” languages, I grin and whisper: “Have you met Forth?” Picture a minimalist language where every operation feels like playing Jenga with numbers – welcome to stack-based programming! Born in the 1970s from Charles Moore’s genius, Forth treats data like pancakes: you flip them, stack them, and sometimes devour them (metaphorically speaking). Let’s peel back the layers of this eccentric language where parentheses are rare, but stacks reign supreme....