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# PlanckForth: Bootstrapping Forth from Handwritten Binary
```
$ make
```
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```
$ cat helloworld.fs | ./plank
```
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# Builtin Words
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| code | name | stack effect | semantics |
|:----:|:---------|:---------------|:-----------------------------|
| Q | quit | ( -- ) | Exit the process |
| C | cell | ( -- n ) | The size of Cells |
| h | here | ( -- addr ) | The address of 'here' cell |
| l | latest | ( -- addr ) | The address of 'latest' cell |
| k | key | ( -- n ) | Read character |
| t | type | ( n -- ) | Print character |
| j | jump | ( -- ) | Unconditional branch. |
| J | 0jump | ( a -- ) | Jump if a == 0. |
| f | find | ( c -- xt ) | Get execution token of c |
| x | execute | ( xt -- ... ) | Run the execution token |
| @ | fetch | ( addr -- a ) | Load value from addr |
| ! | store | ( a addr -- ) | Store value to addr |
| ? | cfetch | ( addr -- c ) | Load byte from addr |
| $ | cstore | ( c addr -- ) | Store byte to addr |
| d | dfetch | ( -- addr ) | Get data stack pointer |
| D | dstore | ( addr -- ) | Set data stack pointer |
| r | rfetch | ( -- addr ) | Get return stack pointer |
| R | rstore | ( addr -- ) | Set return stack pointer |
| { | dtor | ( a -- R:a ) | Push value to return stack |
| } | rtod | ( R: -- a ) | Pop value from return stack |
| i | docol | ( -- addr ) | Get the interpreter function |
| e | exit | ( -- ) | Exit current function |
| L | lit | ( -- a ) | Load immediate |
| S | string | ( -- addr len) | Load string literal |
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| + | add | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a + b) |
| - | sub | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a - b) |
| * | mul | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a * b) |
| / | div | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a / b) |
| % | mod | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a % b) |
| & | and | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a & b) |
| | | or | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a | b) |
| ^ | xor | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a ^ b) |
| < | less | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a < b) |
| = | equal | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a == b) |