I got interested in Forth because of an article I read in either Byte magazine or Dr Dobb’s Journal. It was not because of the Forth language that I was curious

I got interested in Forth because of an article I read in either Byte magazine or Dr Dobb’s Journal. It was not because of the Forth language that I was curious , it was because Forth was the first TIL (threaded interpreted language) that I had encountered. At the time, there were no Forth interpreters available locally for the only computer I had (a TRS-80 Model II running CP/M. Actually, it was my Dad’s.) I found someone from the Forth Interest Group (FIG) who gave me a 90-page Z-80 assembly language listing for figForth, which I proceeded to type in overnight and assemble with masm, IIRC. It worked, and sadly, I never really did much with Forth after that. But it was an interesting experience and I still think TILs are a cool idea.