Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!dsl.pitt.edu!pitt!willett!dwp From: dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us (Doug Philips) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Commercial Forth systems Message-ID: <1601.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us> Date: 24 Aug 90 05:06:03 GMT Organization: String, Scotch tape, and Paperclips. (in Pgh, PA) Lines: 24 In , peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > Real-time control folks have a relatively inelastic demand curve, but the > hobbyist market is extremely elastic and there are decent freeware versions > available. This basically means there is no significant market for hobbyist > level commercial forth systems. Which is probably why there are so many freeware/shareware/PD systems. Also I think because it is much easier to do a good FW/SW/PD Forth than it is to do a good FW/SW/PD C or Pascal system. Even if you leave out the expected libraries. I wonder if there are any insights or lessons to learn from the days when C was just starting out. No, I realize that Forth is not just starting out, but it is still in the pre-explosive stage. -Doug --- Preferred: ( dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us OR ...!{sei,pitt}!willett!dwp ) Daily: ...!{uunet,nfsun}!willett!dwp [last resort: dwp@vega.fac.cs.cmu.edu] --- Preferred: ( dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us OR ...!{sei,pitt}!willett!dwp ) Daily: ...!{uunet,nfsun}!willett!dwp [last resort: dwp@vega.fac.cs.cmu.edu]