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Subject: HS/Forth
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Date: 5 Oct 90 03:27:20 GMT
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 Date: 09-29-90 (17:28)              Number: 3864 (Echo)
   To: IAN WATTERS                   Refer#: 3862
 From: STEVE PALINCSAR                 Read: NO
 Subj: HS/Forth                      Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE

 I like HS/Forth very much.  It has very full support for DOS functions, 
 files, things like that.  And since that's the sort of thing I use a 
 lot, I consider it well-furnished and fully equipped (as opposed to 
 those belonging to the minimalist school, who would think of it as 
 obese).  The"native mode," however.  If you're asking about relative
performance, 
 HS/Forth is quite fast, and has a rather unusual elective, the 
 Optimizer, that allows _extremely easy_ generation of machine code 
 without having to use the assembler.  That's a real plus for me, because
 I know absolutely zero about assembler.  
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