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From: Nick_Janow@mindlink.UUCP (Nick Janow)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Re: "Easy" way to put "AI" in realtime embedded systems?
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Date: 14 Apr 91 19:45:50 GMT
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sfp@mars.ornl.gov ( Phil Spelt) writes:

> Everything cited above for Forth is doable in 'C', and there is a really
> LARGE body of users to whom one can turn for help.

Well, yes.  In fact, you could probably do everything in machine code too; the
difference is in productivity.  Forth, due to its simple, extensible,
interactive compiler, is generally considered much more productive than 'C',
especially for experimental work.

I have to agree that there are more 'C' users to turn to for help.  I'm not
sure how useful that help is, but it's there.

The relative numbers of users don't accurately reflect the relative quality
(power?, usefulness?) of languages.  Do the relative numbers of ms-dos users
_really_ say that it's the best OS ever developed?  :)