Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!udel!rochester!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: 1990 FORML Message-ID: <2077.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us> Date: 9 Dec 90 23:33:26 GMT Organization: String, Scotch tape, and Paperclips. (in Pgh, PA) Lines: 21 Category 5, Topic 16 Message 23 Sun Dec 09, 1990 F.SERGEANT [Frank] at 14:54 CST CW> So? Why shouldn't we have a Turbo-Forth out there? Personally, CW> if forced to use a Turbo-language, I'd rather it be Forth than CW> much of anything else. Granted *I* wouldn't use this system for CW> any real development work, but it seems like a good thing for the CW> novice. . I feel in general we are richer when there are more rather than fewer alternatives. No one thing needs to be right for every person or every purpose. . Yes, Asilomar was pretty. I hope to meet you there if I make it to another FORML. . -- Frank ----- This message came from GEnie via willett through a semi-automated process. Report problems to: dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us or uunet!willett!dwp