tool: Yerk

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Language:	Yerk
Version:	3.68
Parts:	interpreter, assembler, documentation, decompiler
Author:	Bob Loewenstein
Location:	ftp://astro.uchicago.edu/pub/astro/MAC/Yerk
Description:	Yerk is an object oriented derivative of Forth. It was originally known as Neon, developed and sold as a product by Kriya Systems from 1985 to 1989. The language features many system classes and objects for mac interfacing: windows, controls, events, files, arrays, ordered-columns, menus,hierarchical and popup menus, handles, strings, mouse,quickdraw, modal dialogs, offscreen bitmaps, vbl, time manager, etc.
Features:	defaulted early binding, with ability to late bind in almost any circumstance objects may be instantiated on the heap (dynamically) inheritance (not multiple) floating point (SANE) module (overlay) creation that are loaded only when necessary modules may be purged from application heap memory.
Updated:	March 19th, 1996

category: Forth family languages summary, or expanded.