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From: pfaff@gemini.asd.contel.com (Ray Pfaff - Oakwood 457 934-8162)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re:  YALW (Yet Another Language War)
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Date: 5 Jul 89 20:26:12 GMT
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Doug Merrit writes:
>When a company uses Forth to write software, it means only one thing: they
>want it finished by tomorrow. This is typical of defense contractors, who
>have to have their bid beating that deadline...


You must mean done, not working.  Forth isn't a language to be used to get 
something working quickly.
I`ve worked in defense contracting for 10 years and I`ve never heard of Forth
being  used as anything except a joke.

Ray Pfaff