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Subject: What's WRONG with Forth?
Message-ID: <2214.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 10 Jan 91 04:17:14 GMT
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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Category 2,  Topic 9
Message 44        Wed Jan 09, 1991
F.SERGEANT [Frank]           at 01:04 CST
 

 >Then, I'm told, as the size and sophistication of my tasks increase, 
 >I would loose my enthusiasm while trying to figure out where in the 
 >hell an unexpected stack parameter causes things to bomb.

 Larry, I agree with you that the above complaint is not valid.  I  certainly
haven't found it to be so.  The beauty of Forth (one of them)  is that it is
so modular that it is easy to locate any word that "acts  up."  Of course, if
one doesn't pay attention to Forth style and proper  factoring (if he writes
long "procedures" instead of short words) he  shouldn't be blaming Forth as he
hasn't tried it!

 Please be sure to see my note in cat 6 topic 16 about "forth engines." 
(Actually, gasoline engines.)

  -- Frank

*L


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