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From: jax@well.UUCP (Jack J. Woehr)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Mini History
Summary: OLD-FART-FORTH ?
Keywords: FIG
Message-ID: <14874@well.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 89 06:43:34 GMT
References: <5565@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>
Reply-To: jax@well.UUCP (Jack J. Woehr)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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	jj wavrick, i really enjoyed that historical stroll thru Forth.
It's amazing how many people don't realize that Forth is an operating
system (among other things). As one whose workday revolves around
standalone Forth, i sigh when I think of the work that people around
the world go to daily to make things more complex than they have
to be.

	Forth showed a path for the future, but the future diverged
perversely. Imagine if it had been Forth, not hopelessly crippled BASIC,
that had been provided to every purchase of a late-'seventies micro ???

	To which people replied "but everyone KNEW Basic". Everyone knew
how to use an outhouse, too, before they invented indoor plumbing ... :-)

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