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From: cwpjr@cbnewse.att.com (clyde.w.jr.phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Who's here
Summary: Doctors office Software
Message-ID: <1991May28.155645.16565@cbnewse.att.com>
Date: 28 May 91 15:56:45 GMT
References: <2809.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>
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In article <2809.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>, ForthNet@willett.pgh.pa.us (ForthNet articles from GEnie) writes:
> Category 1,  Topic 8
> Message 61        Fri May 24, 1991
> B.SUTTON1 [Brian]            at 21:18 EDT
>  
> Hi, all!  I guess I'll introduce myself here.  I've been in on & off for a
> while now.  
> 
> I've been working with FORTH for about 10 years now, using the FIG version for
> the TI computer (Wycove), F83 on my cp/m computer, and now, finally I've
> graduated to a 386 that I'm running F83s.
> 
> I use FORTH for everything I can, mostly having to do with running my  office
> (I'm a doctor of Chiropractic) and it's sort of become an intense hobby.  Most
> of my applications involve accounting, databases, and  word processing & the
> interfacing of all of the above.
> 
> I'm having trouble understanding why people keep talking as if FORTH  is
> totally useless for anything except imbedded systems & such --  my office runs
> veerrrryyy quickly & efficiently on the programming I've built over the years.
> Of course, being custom-designed, it does exactly what I want it to!  
> 
>
Assuming your code is well factored would you consider working
with a third party to apply your code to other practitioners,
prbably with a royalties structure?

Right now I'm just curious but I'm movin to Idaho and come fro a Physician's
family and may need to create work out there...
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