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From: cwpjr@cbnewse.att.com (clyde.w.jr.phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Forth Publications?
Summary: YOOWWWWZZZAHHHH!
Message-ID: <1991May16.201248.5307@cbnewse.att.com>
Date: 16 May 91 20:12:48 GMT
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In article <16850016@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com>, ritchie@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (David Ritchie) writes:
> >
> >	I've heard the estimate of 200,000. My WAG is that there are about
> >20,000 Forth professionals.
> >
> 
>   Jack,
> 
>     where are they? By professionals, do you mean "using Forth in their
> jobs" or "like Forth and maybe even use it at least once in a while" or
> "like the language". I don't see a large number of Forth positions
> available these days -- of course I may just be looking in the wrong places
> also.
> 
> Dave Ritchie - maybe the only Forther in Idaho??
> 
>   I would consider a job using Forth, but I am not too certain where to 
> look....
> 
> -- Dave
> 
> ritchie@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com 

Hey DAVE! I'm movin to IDAHO this FALL!!!!
Have we talked????
BTW there is a company that does all it's products in FORTH in IDAHO.

They sent an appl.eng. to Chicago, who called me out of the chapter listings...

What a deal, a FORTH man in the new home state!

P.S. Just got a call from Alex Sacharov, a Russian FORTHER immigrated
to Chicago area. Neat.