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From: Nick_Janow@mindlink.UUCP (Nick Janow)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: do I want to be part of this!
Message-ID: <5432@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 9 Apr 91 02:40:11 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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caw@munnari.oz.au (Chris Wright) asks:

> Where's the moderate view..the middle ground..or are you really just a bunch
> of religious zealots, like my friends have been trying to tell me.

The middle ground is using Forth for your own applications.  Forth's power and
simplicity make it my favorite language.  I feel that the ANSI standard--even
if I don't agree with every single choice the committee made--will benefit the
Forth community by making Forth techniques, programs and programmers portable
over a wide range of hardware.  Personally, I'm optimistic about the future of
Forth.  :)

Judge Forth on its own merits as a programming language.