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From: ulf-d@obelix.UUCP (Ulf Dahle'n)
Newsgroups: net.lang.forth
Subject: Re: What's so good about FORTH?
Message-ID: <139@obelix.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Jun-86 20:09:26 EDT
Article-I.D.: obelix.139
Posted: Mon Jun 16 20:09:26 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Jun-86 04:48:22 EDT
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Reply-To: ulf-d@obelix.UUCP (Ulf Dahle'n)
Organization: Dept of CS, University of Linkoping, Sweden
Lines: 32
Keywords: FORTH, LISP

In article <432@astroatc.UUCP> philm@astroatc.UUCP (Phil Mason) writes:
>
>FORTH represents a different kind of computing environment. It is its own
>operating system, compiler, assembler, generic user-interface, development
>system - you name it.  FORTH can be thought of as a set of software tools, a 
>development system, a high-level language, a low-level language, or even an 
>application specific language.  It depends on the viewpoint of the actual 
>user/programmer and the specific application whether or not FORTH fits into 
>any category at all. FORTH is easily extensible in a way that few other 
>computer languages are. You customize it for the application at hand.
>

Does FORTH really have a future now when most micros have 512K or more
(in a few years memory for micros will probably be measured in Megabytes
instead), and could easily run more flexible languages such as LISP.
I would say FORTH is for those who want LISP but run out of memory...
Well, what do you say about that?

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