+forth COMMA, ','
+ dq HERE, GET, PUT ; Set the memory at the address pointed to by HERE
+ dq HERE, GET, LIT, 8, PLUS ; Calculate new address for HERE to point to
+ dq HERE, PUT ; Update HERE to point to the new address
+ dq EXIT
+
+;; Read user input until next " character is found. Push a string containing the
+;; input on the stack as (buffer length). Note that the buffer is only valid
+;; until the next call to S" and that no more than 255 character can be read.
+forth_asm READ_STRING, 'S"'
+ push rsi
+
+ mov [.length], 0
+
+.read_char:
+ mov rax, 0
+ mov rdi, 0
+ mov rsi, .char_buffer
+ mov rdx, 1
+ syscall
+
+ mov al, [.char_buffer]
+ cmp al, '"'
+ je .done
+
+ mov rdx, .buffer
+ add rdx, [.length]
+ mov [rdx], al
+ inc [.length]
+ jmp .read_char
+
+.done:
+ pop rsi
+
+ push .buffer
+ push [.length]
+
+ next
+
+;; CREATE inserts a new header in the dictionary, and updates LATEST so that it
+;; points to the header. To compile a word, the user can then call ',' to
+;; continue to append data after the header.
+;;
+;; It takes the name of the word as a string (address length) on the stack.
+forth_asm CREATE, 'CREATE'
+ pop rcx ; Word string length
+ pop rdx ; Word string pointer
+
+ mov rdi, [here] ; rdi = Address at which to insert this entry
+ mov rax, [latest_entry] ; rax = Address of the previous entry
+ mov [rdi], rax ; Insert link to previous entry
+ mov [latest_entry], rdi ; Update LATEST to point to this word
+
+ add rdi, 8
+ mov [rdi], rcx ; Insert length
+
+ ;; Insert word string
+ add rdi, 1
+
+ push rsi
+ mov rsi, rdx ; rsi = Word string pointer
+ rep movsb
+ pop rsi
+
+ ;; Update HERE
+ mov [here], rdi
+
+ next
+