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From: jax@well.sf.ca.us (Jack J. Woehr)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Forth in non-embedded environments
Message-ID: <25119@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 30 May 91 04:07:25 GMT
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Mitch.Bradley@ENG.SUN.COM (Mitch Bradley) writes:


>ANS Forth will help in the area of standard extensions, but may be "too
>little, too late".  The popularity problems will probably hamper us forever.

	Actually, I think that is what *attracts* people to Forth.
We're all closet sociopaths. If we wanted popularity, we'd wear suits,
drink lots of beer, play volleyball and program in C. :-)

	May I quote myself? 

	".. To remain active in the Forth programming community past
	the duration of one or two consecutive work assignments seems
	to me to be an act of asserting one's individuality. I have
	yet to meet anyone claiming to have been coerced into a Forth
	career by industry pressure."

		- Me, "Managing Forth Projects", ESP May 1991.
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