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Subject: 1990 FORML
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Date: 8 Dec 90 03:37:52 GMT
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 Date: 12-04-90 (16:27)              Number: 383 of 394
   To: RAY DUNCAN                    Refer#: 356
 From: CHRIS WATERS                    Read: NO
 Subj: 1990 Forml                    Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
 Conf: FORTH (58)                 Read Type: GENERAL (+)

 RD.   >a senior Forth Inc person thinks Forth is not the language to
 RD.   >teach his child...
 RD.
 RD.I don't know who that person is, but I absolutely agree with
 RD.him/her.

 Now now, Forth may not be the ideal first language--I doubt if anyone
 will seriously argue with that--but it's a better choice than some
 other languages that are often taught as a first language.  (I'm
 thinking, of course, of that one that starts with "B").  ;-)

 And I do know a couple of people who learned Forth as their first
 language.  None of them seemed seriously crippled by it.  I understand
 what you're saying about the public perception of Forth programmers,
 but the fact remains that Forth is a fairly simple language, it's
 interactive, and I'd rate it a _little_ bit higher than LISP (and a
 lot higher than APL) as a choice for first language.
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