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From: rat@circle.UUCP (David Douthitt)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Forth uses
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Date: Fri, 23-Oct-87 00:38:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 23 00:38:08 1987
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I want to thank all who answered my request. I've always wondered just 
what Forth WAS used for. I received a couple of letters that said that 
Forth was used for quick hacks, but most development was done in C.
 
I've recently decided I should learn C, but I'll never truly give up 
Forth. I'll also never be able to decide which I like best. For me, it 
seems that Forth promotes fast prototyping, but C promotes fast code. 
I've tried to write a bulletin board in Forth, and as a part of that 
project also a terminal program. However, my Forth couldn't keep up with 
the incoming character stream. I feel certain that a C version of the 
program would fare better. However, it would take longer to design the C 
program I think.
 
In the C I use (or TRY TO) you have to compile, then assemble, then link! 
For Forth, all you do is compile and AWAAAAAAYYYY we go!
 
Thoughts? Perhaps someone should write a Forth-to-C translator?  :-)
 
    "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
    "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
    "I don't much care where---" said Alice.
    "Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
    "---so long as I get SOMEWHERE," Alice added as an explanation.
    "Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long 
enough."
 
              --- curiouser and curiouser?
 


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