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Subject: FIG Publishing
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Date: 3 May 90 00:46:04 GMT
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 Date: 05-01-90 (16:56)              Number: 3179 (Echo)
   To: DENNIS RUFFER                 Refer#: NONE
 From: CHRIS WATERS                    Read: NO
 Subj: FIG PUBLISHING                Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE

 Dennis,
    I am truly saddened to hear that 'Thinking Forth' is going out of
 print.  I have owned a copy since the first printing. (Now I'm going to
 go dig it out from under the piles of books and papers on my desk and
 give it an honored spot on my bookshelf, in hopes of increasing its life
 expectancy.)  I understand your concerns with FIGs ability to afford the
 rights.

    The only thing I can suggest is that you take advantage of publicity
 surrounding the release of the ANSI standard (whenever that is) to drum
 up general public interest in this excellent book. If you generate
 enough interest, you might be able to justify aquiring the rights, or be
 able to persuade the original publishers that they should re-issue it.
 In any event, I wish you luck.  It would be a genuine tragedy if this
 fine book were lost to the Forth community.

 Chris

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