Andrew Healey • 10/6/2025

Compiling a Forth

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This technical article details the author's project to understand Forth by building a bytecode compiler and virtual machine for a Forth-like language. It explains core concepts like the data and return stacks, word definitions, DO/LOOP constructs, and variables, using examples including a Fibonacci sequence calculator. The post also covers the initial tokenization phase of the compiler.

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