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Subject: ANS FORTH TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
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Date: 28 Oct 90 17:36:52 GMT
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Category 10,  Topic 2
Message 247       Sun Oct 28, 1990
GARY-S                       at 06:58 EST
 
 In GEnie message Category 10,  Topic 2 Message 246 Sat Oct 27, 1990
 B.RODRIGUEZ2 [Brad] writes:

 >You may regret the day when you encouraged me to get *more* involved. :-)

   This is _anything_ but true, Brad ! How sad others are not taking the 
   same active interest in ANS Forth as it is being drafted. We ( all of
   us ) need the hollistic involment of the 'Forth community'. Forth is
   the only true 'grass-roots' language I know of with the capability to
   carry a project from prototype to production, yielding to needed
   hacks along the way.
   This X3/J14 Technical Committee has been more public than any in ANSI
   history, yet remains ignored by the public it serves. 

   Regret your involvment ? Not hardly. I regret the echo I hear when
   you speak in a nearly empty chamber. At least, your voice isn't lost
   in a vacuum - yet.

   Stay tough, Brad. Voice your concerns and generate proposals. I, for
   one, appreciate you, and I am sure I am not alone.

   Gary
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