BS ISO/IEC 15145:1997

This standard BS ISO/IEC 15145:1997 Information technology. Programming languages. FORTH is classified in these ICS categories:

• 35.060 Languages used in information technology

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

1.1.1 Inclusions

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.

1.1.2 Exclusions

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.