Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!YUBGEF51.BITNET!EBERBERS From: EBERBERS@YUBGEF51.BITNET (____ Zarko Berberski ____) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Why Forth isn't popular... Message-ID: <9101040245.AA29952@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 3 Jan 91 22:44:49 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: ____ Zarko Berberski ____ Organization: The Internet Lines: 9 > Standalone applications... There is some confusion here... The most commom > application in Forth *IS* Standalone, i.e., you turn on your computer, load > Forth, load the application, and use it... This is almost EXACT definition of appplication that is NOT stand-alone i.e. it can't be executed without some kind of intermediary ;-) Zarko Berberski EBERBERS@YUBGEF51.bitnet