Elizabeth Rather is the co-founder of FORTH, Inc. and is a leading expert in the Forth programming language. Forth is a programming language and programming environment, initially developed by Charles H. Moore at the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the early 1970s. ...
Elizabeth Rather was a colleague of Chuck Moore back when he worked at NRAO. During his development of Forth, she became the second ever programmer of the language. Since then, she has become a leading expert in the language and one of its main proponents. She is an author of several books on the subject and gives regular training seminars on its usage. Although still on good terms with Moore, she has supported the ANSI Forth standard while Moore has distanced himself from it. Charles H. Moore (also known as Chuck Moore) is the inventor of the Forth programming language. ... The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is an institution set up by the United States government for the purpose of radio astronomy. ... The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, non-profit standards organization that produces industrial standards in the United States. ...
Publications
Conklin, Edward K.; Elizabeth D. Rather et al. Forth Programmer's Handbook (paperback) (in English), Forth Inc., 240. ISBN 0-9662156-0-5.
Rather, Elizabeth D.. Forth Application Techniques (spiral bound) (in English), Forth Inc., 158. ISBN 0-9662156-1-3.