diff --git a/CoreWords.tl b/CoreWords.tl
index c24258b..e4940d1 100644
--- a/CoreWords.tl
+++ b/CoreWords.tl
@@ -1,17 +1,33 @@
-local Dictionary = require("Dictionary")
-local Stack = require("Stack")
-local WordInfo = require("WordInfo")
-local State = require("State")
-
+local ds = require("DataStructures")
+local Dictionary, Stack, WordInfo, State = ds.Dictionary, ds.Stack, ds.WordInfo, ds.State
 
 
 -- helper functions
 function areNumbers(a: any, b: any): boolean
   return a is number and b is number
 end
+
 function getActiveDataStack(state: State): Stack
   return state.activeDataStack
 end
+
+function isNumber(token: string): boolean
+  if tonumber(token) ~= nil then
+    return true
+  else
+    return false
+  end
+end
+
+function isWhitespace(chr: string): boolean
+  return (chr == " " or
+          chr == "\t" or
+          chr == "\r" or
+          chr == "\n" or
+          chr == "\v" or
+          chr == "\f")
+end
+
 function popTwoOperands(state: State): any, any
   local stack = getActiveDataStack(state)
   local b: any = stack:pop()
@@ -64,6 +80,24 @@ function dot(state: State)
 
 end
 
+function skipWhitespace(state: State)
+  local chr = state.activeInputStream:readCurrentCharacter()
+  while (isWhitespace(chr)) do
+    chr = state.activeInputStream:advanceOffset()
+  end
+end
+
+function parseToken(state: State): string
+  local chr = state.activeInputStream:readCurrentCharacter()
+  local token = ""
+  while(not isWhitespace(chr)) do
+    token = token..chr
+    chr = state.activeInputStream:advanceOffset()
+  end
+end
+
+
+
 local CoreWords = Dictionary:new()
 local AddInfo = WordInfo:new(add, false)
 local SubInfo = WordInfo:new(sub, false)
diff --git a/DataStructures.tl b/DataStructures.tl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a3dd22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DataStructures.tl
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+local type DataStructures = record
+  record Stack
+    contents: {any}
+    top: number
+    push: function(Stack, any)
+    pop: function(Stack)
+    new: function(Stack): Stack
+  end
+
+  record Dictionary
+    contents: {string: WordInfo}
+  end
+  record WordInfo
+    func: function(State)
+    immediate: boolean
+  end
+
+  record State
+    dataStacks: {Stack}
+    compilerStack: Stack
+    activeDataStack: Stack
+    interrupts: {function(State)}
+    activeInputStream: InputStream
+    dictionaries: {Dictionary}
+  end
+end
+
+local ds = DataStructures
+
+
+local wordi_mt = {__index = ds.WordInfo}
+function ds.WordInfo:new(funct: function(State), imm: boolean): ds.WordInfo
+  return setmetatable({func = funct, immediate = imm} as ds.WordInfo, wordi_mt)
+end
+    
+ 
+local state_mt = {__index = State}
+function ds.State:new(): State
+  return setmetatable(
+    {
+      dataStacks = {},
+      compilerStack = Stack:new()
+    } as State, 
+    state_mt)
+end
+ 
+function ds.State:addDataStack(data: Stack)
+  table.insert(self.dataStacks, data)
+end
+ 
+function ds.State:changeCompilerStack(compilerStack: Stack)
+  self.compilerStack = compilerStack
+end
+function ds.State:changeActiveDataStack(stackIndex: number)
+  assert(stackIndex <= #self.dataStacks and stackIndex > 0)
+  self.activeDataStack = self.dataStacks[stackIndex]
+end
+  
+ 
+
+
+function ds.Stack:push(val: any)
+  self.top = self.top + 1
+  table.insert(self.contents,val)
+end
+function ds.Stack:pop(): any
+  self.top = self.top -1
+  if self.top < 0 then
+    error("Stack underflow")
+  end
+  return table.remove(self.contents)
+end
+local stack_mt = {__index = ds.Stack}
+function ds.Stack:new(): ds.Stack
+  return setmetatable({contents = {}, top = 0} as ds.Stack, stack_mt)
+end
+
+
+-- operations
+
+
+
+
+
+ 
+function ds.Dictionary:define(word: string, info: WordInfo)
+  self.contents[word] = info
+end
+local dict_mt = {__index = Dictionary}
+function ds.Dictionary:new(): ds.Dictionary
+  return setmetatable({contents = {}} as Dictionary, dict_mt)
+end
+
diff --git a/Dictionary.tl b/Dictionary.tl
index bbd74c2..69ed71d 100644
--- a/Dictionary.tl
+++ b/Dictionary.tl
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-local State = require("State")
 local WordInfo = require("WordInfo")
 
 
diff --git a/ForthInterpreter.tl b/ForthInterpreter.tl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51a9701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ForthInterpreter.tl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+-- helper functions
+
+function isNumber(token: string): boolean
+	if tonumber(token) ~= nil then
+		return true
+	else
+		return false
+	end
+end
+
+	
+
+
+for line in io.lines() do
+	local tokens = {}
+	for token in line:gmatch("%S+") do
+		table.insert(tokens, token)
+	end
+	for idx, val in ipairs(tokens) do
+		print(idx, val, isNumber(val))
+	end
+end
+
diff --git a/State.tl b/State.tl
index 2631dec..458978c 100644
--- a/State.tl
+++ b/State.tl
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 local Stack = require("Stack")
-
-
-
+local InputStream = require("InputStream")
+local Dictionary = require("Dictionary")
 
 local type State = record
 	dataStacks: {Stack}
 	compilerStack: Stack
 	activeDataStack: Stack
 	interrupts: {function(State)}
-	-- dictionaries: {string:any}
+	activeInputStream: InputStream
+	dictionaries: {Dictionary}
 end
 
 local state_mt = {__index = State}
@@ -34,7 +34,4 @@ function State:changeActiveDataStack(stackIndex: number)
 end
 
 
-
-
-
 return State