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From: schramka@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Tom Schramka)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Forth
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Date: Fri, 9-Oct-87 21:19:53 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  9 21:19:53 1987
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Summary: Another cartographic application using FORTH

In article <573@louie.udel.EDU> thomson@udel.EDU (Richard Thomson) writes:
>In article <5.21698D15@circle.UUCP> rat@circle.UUCP (David Douthitt) writes:
>>What are all of you people using Forth for?
>
>I am currently using a version of FORTH for the Amiga to do development work
>on a cartographic display program.  I decided to use FORTH since the hardware
>environment on my Amiga is rather limited (compared to a good C development
>environment).  I am also fleshing out a version of a distributed object-
>oriented FORTH for the transputer.  This, strictly speaking, is not what I am
>using FORTH for but what I am writing FORTH for. :-)
>
>>::: David Douthitt ::: Madison, Wisc ::: 
>
>						Rich Thomson
>-- 
 I too am also developing a cartographic data capture, formatting, and
 display system for my thesis project in Geography. I find trying to
 write code in a higher level language (e.g. C or Pascal) just that, "trying"!
 These languages can make hooking up various devices quite difficult.
 To attempt to have a PC talk to a digitizer, a Tek 4113B, an HP plotter, 
 and to the outside world, I can think of no better language. I have been
 fortunate to have the help of two programmers at CSD in my work, as my
 advisor thinks I am somewhat crazy to invest the start-up time in learning
 such an 'unusual' language. The more I code in FORTH, the more I appreciate
 the ease in controlling all these devices, ( which is the origin of the
 language itself.) But I do admit, the amount of time needed to master
 FORTH may seem unacceptable to many people.

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 Thomas F. Schramka               Internet: schramka@csd4.milw.wisc
 Computing Services Division,     UUCP: ihnp4!uwmcsd1!csd4!schramka
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