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From: new@udel.EDU (Darren New)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: YALW
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Date: 10 Jul 89 19:46:19 GMT
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In article <426@xdos.UUCP> doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug Merritt) writes:
>Forth was originally invented as a low level control language for
>(something like) telescope tracking control hardware at an observatory.

I heard that it was originally invented for a stand-alone hardware
and/or software debugger box and then later was recognised as being
a nice embedded system language. -- Darren