====== SuperForth ======
{{packaging:superforth_package.jpg?direct|Sinclair QL SuperForth by Digital Precision}}\\ 


SuperForth is a version of the Forth-83 programming language for the Sinclair QL, published by [[qlwiki:Digital Precision Ltd]], with the following features:



  * Supports windows, graphics, sound, peripherals, device independence etc (using underlying QDOS calls).
  * Ultrafast operation of Forth code (speed increases of 50x over SuperBASIC are common.
  * Supports 8,16 and 32 bit operations, and also full floating point math operations (LOG + EXP + TRIG).
  * Completely multitasking (a demo is supplied on the microdrive cartridge) with full job control over co-resident programs: Forth itself runs as a job and can be run concurrently with SuperBASIC.
  * Fully comprehensive, 210K user manual supplied (replete with examples) - you need no other literature, even if you are an absolute beginner at Forth.
  * Source files stored in standard Forth block format or in ordinary text files.
  * Full screen block files editor integrated with Superforth.
  * Interactive debugging and Exception Handling - Flexible and informative error message  system
  * All the usual Forth-83 constructs and commands, and much more.
  * Fully compatible with disk and memory expansion systems on any QL.


The program was bundled with [[qlwiki:Super Reversi]] which was an implementation of the classic board game, Othello, written in SuperForth.


The author has also uploaded a [[https://github.com/gerryjackson/QL-SuperForth|meta-compiler]] that was developed from the original SuperForth at the time and allows you to build a new version of SuperForth.  There is also a library available from [[http://programandala.net/en.program.sfera.html|the SuperForth Library]] which includes some more modern words and tools and more.


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Title: **SuperForth**\\ 
Language: Self-Compiled from FORTH\\ 
Author: R. E. Jackson and Gerry Jackson\\ 
Publisher: [[qlwiki:Digital Precision Ltd]]\\ 
Year of Publication: 1985\\ 
Platforms Suitable for: All Sinclair QLs and emulators\\ 
Commercial Status: Public Domain\\ 
Price in November 1985: £29.95\\ 
Reviewed: Unknown\\ 
Sources Available from: Unknown - some sources included with program\\ 
Latest Version available from: [[http://www.dilwyn.qlforum.co.uk/language/index.html|Sinclair QL Homepage]]