ISO/IEC 15145:1997 PDF

This International Standard specifies an interface between a Forth System and a Forth Program by defining the words provided by a Standard System.

This International Standard specifies:

• the forms that a program written in the Forth language may take;
• the rules for interpreting the meaning of a program and its data.

This International Standard does not specify:

• the mechanism by which programs are transformed for use on computing systems;
• the operations required for setup and control of the use of programs on computing systems;
• the method of transcription of programs or their input or output data to or from a storage medium;
• the program and Forth system behavior when the rules of this International Standard fail to establish an interpretation;
• the size or complexity of a program and its data that will exceed the capacity of any specific computing system or the capability of a particular Forth system;
• the physical properties of input/output records, files, and units;
• the physical properties and implementation of storage.