gforth

Often, when learning a language I'll write a server of some sort. Does gforth have the capability to use network sockets? I don't see anything about sockets in the manual . Though I don't see any documentation about it, there is a socket.fs which binds to libc. You can find some examples of FORTH that use sockets.fs on Rosetta Code , specifically the ECHO server example Provided under the GNU FDL, from Rossetta code by IanOsgood ( commit ) include unix/socket.fs 128 constant size : (echo) ( sock buf -- sock buf ) begin cr ." waiting..." 2dup 2dup size read-socket nip dup 0> while ." got: "