- summary 64-bit commercial iForth for Linux supercomputer AI Minds
- labels 64-bit,codebase,iForth,Linux,progman,standards,supercomputer
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Introduction
IntelForth is a wiki-name for the 64-bit iForth version of the Forth programming language. The longer name IntelForth is automatically a clickable link among the wiki-pages, whereas iForth is not automatically clickable.
Importance
The Intel Forth version of Forth is important for MentiFex-class AI Minds because iForth permits MindForth or the German Wotan AI to run on a 64-bit Linux SuperComputer, and to be both larger in code-size and lengthier in artificial (alife) life-span. These advantages are so substantial that AI coders or maintainers should seriously consider moving to a 64-bit platform and to 64-bit iForth wherever possible.
Availability
Intel Forth (iForth) seems currently to cost about one hundred euros from the online sales site, where there is a choice of currencies to be used for making the purchase. The product is delivered over the Web and requires WinZip for unpackaging and installation on a host computer.
Operation
The running of MindForth in English or the Wotan German artificial intelligence is somewhat different in iForth than in Win32Forth. A typical invocation of the AI software in iForth involves entering commands like the following.
Otherwise the same Forthmind code that runs in Win32Forth should run also in iForth with only minimal tweaking. Any problems enountered could be reported in UseNet newsgroups such as comp.lang.forth or de.comp.lang.forth for speakers of German.