Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!dsl.pitt.edu!pitt!willett!ForthNet From: ForthNet@willett.pgh.pa.us (ForthNet articles from GEnie) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: What's WRONG with Forth? Message-ID: <1693.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us> Date: 9 Sep 90 04:47:31 GMT Organization: String, Scotch tape, and Paperclips. (in Pgh, PA) Lines: 14 Date: 09-05-90 (10:38) Number: 3721 (Echo) To: GARY SMITH Refer#: 3716 From: STEVE PALINCSAR Read: NO Subj: WHY NOT FORTH Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE You're right, Gary. That diatribe seems to be based on about a 5 minute exposure. "Can't write a recursive forth routine"??? No faith that an argument he put on the stack will be there later? And "not fast"? Humbug. ----- This message came from GEnie via willett through a semi-automated process. Report problems to: uunet!willett!dwp or dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us