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From: jim@sivax.UUCP (Jim Boman)
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Subject: Re: FORTH, the heat is on
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Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 14:57:10 EST
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> 
>  At this point the debate seems to be getting nasty. FORTH is certainly
> interesting (whether it's "failed" or not) and FIG will GIVE away an
> implementation. Whether it's worth using is a matter of taste and application.
> If it's useful it's very easy to find out, if it's lousy it's also easy to
> find out: try it (on something non-critical).
>  If nothing else it's an interesting experience, as evidenced by this debate.

	Look at it this way....FORTH is one of the top FIVE programming
	languages (so I've heard).
					Bauman, sivax