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From: wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM
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Subject: Take my wife, please
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Date: 18 Jan 91 08:24:42 GMT
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>         Would you marry someone designed by the ANSI team?

Quite an intriguing question, that!  I originally thought: Heck no!

But as I thought about it some more, I began to see it in a different
light.  We are all bundles of contradictions and strengths and weaknesses
and neuroses and joys.  A lot of different people have left their imprint
on my personality over the years.  I knew my wife wasn't all I could ever
ask for, but I didn't think it likely that I was going to find anyone
better for me (especially given that I'm not Mr. Perfect either).  Call me
a pragmatist; call me unromantic; call me a sellout; call me what you will,
but it works for me.

If I had a blank sheet of paper and could dictate ANS Forth, there are
a LOT of things that I would do differently.  But I don't and I can't,
so I'm trying to work within the system toward the best ANS Forth that
can be achieved under the constraints.  The current state of the document
is, in my opinion, pretty darn good under the circumstances.  Beyond a few
minor revisions and tweaks here and there, I don't see many realistic
opportunities for major improvements.  The current document, if widely
implemented, will be a major improvement over the current "Tower of Babel"
situation.

Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM