Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!acf3!sabbagh From: sabbagh@acf3.NYU.EDU (sabbagh) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Re: Real programmers Keywords: forth, lisp Message-ID: <1065@acf3.NYU.EDU> Date: 18 Jul 89 00:04:20 GMT References: <8907171553.AA17414@lilac.berkeley.edu> <7135@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> <30044@cornell.UUCP> <7141@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> Reply-To: sabbagh@acf3.UUCP () Organization: New York University Lines: 35 In article <7141@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> bouma@cs.purdue.EDU (William J. Bouma) writes: >In article <30044@cornell.UUCP> travis@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Gregory Michael Travis) writes: >> [ Stuff about the expressiveness of FORTH ] > > ...I would love to see some posts talking about > how this can elegantly be done. Tell me how the architecture of the Novix > chip allows one to efficiently implement lisp. That may make for some > interesting reading. But do not tell me that it can be done, for that > is common knowledge, and thus, no big deal! >-- I have to agree with this. I am one of those people who is really excited by FORTH but I can't seem to get enough hard core information about real programming experiences in FORTH. I am trying to develop a non-trivial medical information system application and have been seriously contemplating using HS/FORTH (I own an IBM PC/XT) but have been afraid to. I am worried about committing myself to using a language/system without knowing if I will be able to port it to different environments (this means OPERATING SYSTEMS like UNIX). I want to know if (besides A-Ts RapidFIle)( FORTH has been used for a project like this and what the programmers' ex- periences were. Can more of this be discussed here? Finally, I am concerned that most FORTH programmers have a prejudice against people with college degrees ;-). Hadil G. Sabbagh E-mail: sabbagh@csd27.nyu.edu Voice: (212) 998-3285 Snail: Courant Institute of Math. Sci. 251 Mercer St. New York,NY 10012 186,282 miles per second -- it's not just a good idea, it's the law!