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.