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Subject: What's WRONG with Forth?
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Date: 6 Dec 90 02:04:17 GMT
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 Date: 12-02-90 (23:19)              Number: 356 of 359 (Echo)
   To: FRANK SERGEANT                Refer#: 340
 From: RAY DUNCAN                      Read: NO
 Subj: 1990 FORML                    Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
 Conf: FORTH (58)                Read Type: GENERAL (+)

    >a senior Forth Inc person thinks Forth is not the language to
    >teach his child...

 I don't know who that person is, but I absolutely agree with him/her.
 I wouldn't start my child out with Lisp or APL either, for the same
 reasons.  Let's not pretend that Forth is the answer to every possible
 programming situation or the tool best suited to every programmer.  That
 kind of thinking has led to the widespread perception of Forth users as
 "cultists" and "religious fanatics."

 NET/Mail : LMI Forth Board, Los Angeles, CA (213) 306-3530
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