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From: LEFF@PITTVMS.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: RE: Success of FORTH in the marketplace
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Date: 21 Jul 89 20:06:00 GMT
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There was a recent suggestion that FORTH is too limited to
produce successful (i.e. profitable applications)?!

Here's one:  ALLEGHENY SOFTWARE WORKS (p.o. box 7103. Pgh., Pa. 15213)
has a very popular and sophisticated VT100/VT102/VT52 terminal
emulator for the Commodore 64 computer written in FORTH.  It is
the only full featured emulator of its kind for the C64--probably
because the speed and efficiency of FORTH were necessary
for its development.  I helped to write this program, and
know it's been very profitable for ASW.