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From: dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us (Doug Philips)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Object oriented programming extension for forth.
Message-ID: <1630.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 29 Aug 90 03:17:09 GMT
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In <1990Aug24.133045.12494@ida.liu.se>, mip@IDA.LiU.SE (Mikael Patel) writes:

> Being able to mix paradigms in the same language is a strength and 
> not a weakness.

I never intended to claim it was, though perhaps you are not intending
to disagree with me here.

> I have seen a number of OOF implementation that have not impressed me.
> As Mitch points out everyone has one. But to be able to take the next
> step we must agree on a 'standard'. That is of the reasons these 
> discussions are needed and valuable. If everyone has their own idea 
> about OOF we will never be able to get up to the C++ or Smalltalk-80 
> level and never ever to the system level of Smalltalk. And I don't
> want to be negative!

Yes, we need to have agreement in order for more than one person to
work on building those things.  What is agreed upon is also important.

> What is your suggestion? How should be go about attaching this problem?
> I think that if more forth users and OOF implementors present and 
> discuss their solutions we should be able to agree on a word set for
> OOF.

I think you are right.  We need to get more than the few of us that
have been discussing OOF recently involved.  Pointers to literature
are also welcome.  I doubt that the scheme I propose has never been
proposed before.  I would like to see others.  Perhaps a ForthNet
wide OOF brainstorming session?  (i.e. what we've been doing but with
more people and more ideas?)

-Doug

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