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From: wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM
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Subject: Forth characteristics
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Date: 13 Dec 90 03:57:02 GMT
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> We've tried in the past to
> sell Forth as a branch of Zen Buddhism -- having failed at that I
> don't think we'll do much better making it as mystical as a spouse.

The point I was trying to make is that it is difficult to decide
which of the many objective advantages of Forth are the most important.

I would be hesitant to pick a subset of the good things about Forth
and say "these are the crucial ones; the essence of Forth.  The others
are nice but not essential".  I think that everybody would pick a
different subset, and my comment about "tastes great, less filling"
alludes to the fact that a lot of people have been declaring their
personal "weighting functions" for various Forth attributes.

My own weighting function for "desireable personal attributes" affected
my selection of a spouse.  That's what I meant about my wife.

Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM