Evolution of a Computer Application

6f. Groups32

At this point, if you are using Windows, you should run the Groups32 program in a separate window. This will make it possible to see how the program works and to try examples.  Examples can be copied and pasted from the article or a text editor to Groups32. If you want to do more extended programming, Win32Forth uses plain text files that can be created by an external editor and loaded into Groups32 by using INCLUDE <filename>.  When Groups32 starts, it is in the commands completion interface (to be described later). To do programming, one must QUIT this interface.

A useful Forth word is "see".  SEE <name>, where <name> is a word in the dictionary, will decompile the dictionary entry for the word, allowing you to see the definition of the word.